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Total number of children who attended at the Centres for
the first time during the year and who, on the date of their
first attendance, were :—
*(i) Under 1 year of age—567.
(ii) Between the ages of 1 and 5 years—146.
Total number of children who attended at the Centres during
the year, and who at the end of the year were:—
(i) Under 1 year of age—474.
(ii) Between the ages of 1 and 5 years—988 (including
Toddlers).
*The 567 children under 1 year of age who attended at the Centres represent
59 per cent. of the notified live births.
Toddlers' Clinic.
Weekly toddlers' sessions are held alternatively on either side oi
the Borough. Dr. Ruth Balmer is the Medical Officer in attendance
at the Clinic.
The average attendance per session during 1936 was :
27, Pond Street, 16.
Health Institute, 20.
The children attending the Toddlers' Clinic consist of:—
(1) " Special Children "—referred by the Borough Council
(2) " Other Children "—referred by Health Visitors, Voluntary
Workers, Parents, Re-visits of " Special Children,"
etc.
" Special Children."
The parents of every child attaining the age of three years
receive a special invitation from this Department to bring the child
to the Toddlers' Clinic for a routine examination. The health visitor
delivers the letter of invitation, and at the same time uses her
influence in persuading the mother to accept the invitation. The
examination by the Doctor at the Clinic is on the lines of a school
medical inspection. " Defective " children are referred either to their
family doctor or to a hospital and are subsequently followed up by the
health visitor to ensure that they are receiving the requisite treatment.
These " defective " children are called up again to the Clinic for subsequent
examination. During the year 418 parents have received