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128
Infant Clinics.
Number of individual children 2,354
New cases 908
Attendances: Under 1 year 9,305
1—3 years 7,825
3—5 years 3,955
Total attendances 21,087
Average attendance per Clinic 84.35
Infants' Wards.
Medical.—59 children were admitted during the year, their average
stay being 41 days.
Malnutrition or difficulties of feeding 22
Difficulties of management 5
Illness of the Mother 16
Preparation for, or recovery from, tonsillectomy 10
Various 6
59
The results of admission were as follows:—
Recovery 24
Improvement 27
No change 5
Transferred to Hospital 3
59
Surgical.—118 children were operated on for the removal of their
tonsils and adenoids. The average stay was 5 days. All made satisfactory
recoveries.
Out-Patient Department.
During the year 165 cases of breast-feeding were referred to this
department for investigation, usually for it to be ascertained whether the
yield of milk was enough for the infant's needs. Some were sent for a
study of the infant, or for the detection of faults in the method of feeding
or management. In others there was a definite request for tuition, the
methods having already been found by the health visitors to be unsatisfactory.
In a large number of cases where the babies were premature