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THE PRE-SCHOOL CHILD.
Treatment may be obtained for children attending the infant
welfare clinics as follows :—
Minor Ailments.—Treatment is given at the School Clinic by
arrangement with the Education Committee.
Dental and orthopaedic treatment, and treatment of septic
tonsils and adenoids are available as in the case of school children.
Convalescent Treatment.—This is provided for under the Scheme,
and is of value for children suffering from debility following acute
illness.
FOSTER CHILDREN.
All cases of foster children resident in the district are notified
by the Guardians to the Medical Officer of Health under the
Children Act, Part 1.
Forty-one notifications were received during the year, and
special visits were made by the health visitors to these children,
who are also kept under supervision by the Infant Life Protection
Visitor.
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
The total number of deaths of infants during the year was 47,
giving an infant mortality rate of 66.1 per thousand registered
births, compared with 59.9 per thousand for 1926.
Diseases of the respiratory system, bronchitis and pneumonia
were responsible for 10 of the infant deaths.