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practices in the borough provided ante-natal care, with midwives, at four of the Council's
clinics.( Statistics on page 103)
MIDWIVES ACT, 1951
The Council is a local supervising authority under the Midwives Act 1951, supervising
functions being carried out by the Council's non-medical supervisor of midwives. The number of
midwives who notified their intention to practice as midwives within the borough, including
those in hospitals, and who were practising at the end of the year was 139.
MATERNITY LIAISON COMMITTEES
The department is represented on local maternity liaison committees by the medical officer
of health or deputy medical officer of health and the non-medical supervisor of midwives or
the principal nursing officer. Meetings were attended during the year when common problems
were discussed. As the borough is served by two hospital management committees, there are
separate maternity liaison committees for each group catchment area.
VACCINATION AGAINST MEASLES
Following approval given by the Minister of Health in 1967 for the Council to include
vaccination against measles in its arrangements under Section 26 of the National Health Service
Act 1946, general practitioners were invited to participate invaccinating children between the
ages of 10 months and 2 years.
By the end of the year notifications were received from general practitioners that they
had vaccinated 664 children, the Council's staff vaccinating 2,163 children at Cl inic Centres.
OBSERVATION REGISTER
At the end of the year, the Observation Register totalled 5,800 persons, comprising:-
Children under 5 ''at risk'' 2,912
-do- handicapped 295
Young persons aged 5-21 years handicapped 2,276
Children non-resident but attending schools in the borough 317
The senior medical officer keeps the register under constant review. Further details
relating to the register will be found on page 88.
A booklet is produced by the department setting out details of the services available for
the care of handicapped children and young persons provided by the Council, the Inner London
Education Authority and by other statutory and voluntary bodies.
PHENYLKETONURIA
Following the recommendations of the Department of Health and Social Security arrangements
were made for the testing of infants for phenylketonuria to be carried out by the Guthrie
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