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Maternity and Child Welfare. .
Following the outbreak of hostilities, ten of the twelve Health
Visitors were transferred temporarily to Air Raid Precautions duties,
and, having regard, to the situation created by the dispersal of the
child population, certain consultations were suspended and the services
of the Visiting Medical Officers, Masseuses and Dental Officer
terminated. Five of the Health Visitors engaged on Air Raid.
precautions resumed their normal duties before the end of the year,
end it was anticipated that the remainder would do so early in the
year 1940.
SHORT STATISTICAL SUMMARY.
Infant Consultations:- 368 sessions, 25,221 attendances by 3087
children.
Ante- and Post Natal Clinics;- 85 sessions, 2734 attendances by 827
expectant or recently confined mothers
Consultative and Physical Treatment Centre:- 70 sessions, 2700 attendances
by 117 cases
Toddlers Clinic:- 35 sessions, 1737 attendances by 387 cases.
Dental Clinic:-125 nursing or expectant mothers and 107 children
received treatment.
Foot Clinic;- 32 sessions, 77 patients, 85 treatments.
Hone Helps:- Provided in 72 cases.
Convalescence:-13 mothers with their babies were sent to convalescent
homes, the whole or part of the cost being borne by the Council
according to family circumstances, and in 40 instances the Council
made grants towards the cost of children convalesced by the Invalid
Children's Aid Association.
Extra Nourishment,:- l36l new applications, of which 1160 were granted.
Approximate cost £3682.
Child Life Protection:-At the close of the year the Register contained
the names of 90 persons who had charge of 130 children. 617 visits
were made.
Day Nurseries:- The 3 Day Nurseries in the Borough were evacuated under
the Government Scheme at the commencement of the war. The health
of the children during the year was satisfactory on the whole, and there
were no outbreaks of infectious disease.
HOUSING
Redevelopment and Clearance, Owing to the outbreak of War no progress
was made with the Scheme of Redevelopment for the Clarendon Street
Area and other housing schemes, which are likely to be in abeyance
for some time.
Houses unfit for Human Habitation. During the year 163 basement rooms
were closed for human habitation and 5 other basement rooms restricted
to purposes of human habitation other than that of sleeping. In one
instant the Council accepted an Undertaking from the owner in lieu of
making a closing order.
Of persons living in premises the subject of clearance or closing
orders, 238 were rehoused on London County Council Estates 11 were
over