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Accompany children to school or clinic and make arrangements
for the minding of younger children if necessary.
Encourage thrift for children's clothing etc.,
8. Parents' Attitude to Children. Try to improve this and help them
to understand the children and their needs. Encourage parents
to allow their children to join suitable activities outside the home.
Do anything possible to upgrade the family and keep it united.
9. Return to normal or near normal. Pass the case back to the health
visitor for the district when the problems have been solved and
the family is able to stand on its own feet.
Distribution of Welfare Foods
At the end of June responsibility for the distribution of National
Dried Milk, Orange Juice, Cod Liver Oil and Vitamin Tablets, was
taken over from the Ministry of Food. The distribution points at the
Food Offices in Hornsey and Tottenham were replaced by new distribution
points at the School Clinic, rear of Hornsey Town Hall and the
Area Health Office respectively. Distribution from the infant welfare
centres continued as hitherto, and valuable assistance also continued
to be given by the Women's Voluntary Services in both Boroughs.
The changeover was effected quite smoothly and no real difficulties
have been experienced in the operation of this additional responsibility.
To assist in the distribution at the two new points the County Council
approved the appointment of two temporary General Division clerks.
Two redundant clerks, one from each Food Office, were accordingly
appointed.
The following table shows distributions in the Area during the six
months ended 31st December, 1954:—
National Orange Cod Liver Vit. A & D
Dried Milk Juice Oil Tablets
(tins) (bottles) (bottles) (packets)
36,986 76,12 13,842 5,599
Priority Dental Service for Mothers and Young Children
The dental service as a whole is discussed later in this report under
the school health service.
Mothers, There has been a falling-off in attendance of ante-natal
cases and it is estimated that nearly half of those referred by the clinics
do not attend when given appointments. This decline seems to be general
and may be due to the facilities now obtainable under the general dental
service, though such an assumption should not be made until confirmed
or otherwise by a systematic "follow-up".
Pre-school Children referred from infant welfare and toddler clinics
also show a slight reduction as compared with the previous year.
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