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Post-natal consultations—
No. of women who attended 34
(3) Dental Clinic.
No. of Expectant and Nursing Mothers treated 288
No. of cases in which general anaesthetic for extractions
was administered 29
No. of teeth extracted 219
No. of teeth filled 28
No. of pre-school children treated 84
No. of cases in which general anaesthetic for extraction
was administered 24
No. of temporary teeth extracted 84
No. of temporary teeth filled 6
(4) Health Visitors.
No. of infants under one year of age visited for the first
time 1,101
Total visits to infants under 1 year of age 7,917
Total visits to children 1 to 5 years of age 9 388
No. of expectant mothers visited 525
Total visits to expectant mothers 810
(5) Child Minders (Daily Guardians).
Statutory registrations Nil
Voluntary registrations (at 31st December, 1949) 2
(6) Home and Domestic Helps.
Total No. of cases assisted during the year—
Maternity 43
Others 201
(7) Care of Premature Infants.
No. of premature births during the year 74
No. of deaths under 1 month 2
(8) Immunisation.
No. of children who completed a full course of primary
immunisation:—
At Cornwall Avenue Welfare Centre—
Under 5 years of age 1,013
5—14 years of age 31
No of children who were given a secondary or re-inforcing
injection 33
(Information regarding children immunised at General
Welfare Sessions, Schools and by General Practitioners
is not readily available on a Borough basis.)
(9) Vaccination.
No. of children successfully vaccinated 100
No. found to be insusceptible to vaccination Nil
(These figures exclude cases vaccinated by General
Practitioners as the figures are compiled on a Divisional
basis).