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Maternal Deaths
1966 1967
Nil Nil
Maternal and Child Care
Clinic Attendance of Children under 5 years 1966 1 967
Attendances 754 553
Medical Examinations 286 266
Hearing Tests (Not 4
Phenylketonuria Tests ( Specified 20
Child Welfare Clinic
Dr. A. White Franklin, Senior Paedriatrician, St. Bartholomew's Hospital and Paedriatric
Consultant to the Corporation of London, reports as follows:—
"The Child Welfare Clinic continues twice weekly at St. Bartholomew's Hospital. A reallocation
of rooms has provided a small suite for the use of the Health Department, which
facilitates the work carried out. New furniture and equipment provided by the hospital helps to
create a less formal atmosphere which is much appreciated.
Routine medical examinations are made of all children attending as well as phenistix tests
for phenylketonuria and tests for early signs of deafness.
The routine immunization procedures are accepted by almost all families. The numbers
vaccinated against smallpox are not so satisfactory." (Infants are vaccinated at 1 year to 18
months of age. Many families move out of the City before the infants are at the age when smallpox
vaccination is normally undertaken).
Vaccinations and Immunisations at Child Welfare Clinic
1966 1967
Diphtheria/Tetanus/Whooping Cough 33 28
Poliomyelitis 35 16
Smallpox 15 12
At Risk Register
1966 1967
Children under 5 years of age 4 4
Day Nurseries
Kingway Creche 1966 1967
City children in attendance at end of year 1 2
City children on waiting list Nil 1
Although the demand for nursery placements for children living in the City is small, we are
grateful for the continued arrangements made by the Kings way Creche to accept such applications
as vacancies allow.
Registered Child Minders
1966 1967
Applications for registration Nil Nil
Fireguards
No requests for the loan of fireguards have been received from families with children under
12 years of age.
Unmarried Mothers and their Children
The Moral Welfare Worker has advised and assisted 40 (28) cases during the year, but no
(2) cases were referred to the Health Department.
City Workers 36
City Residents 4
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