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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.
Twenty-seven 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 51,
giving an infant mortality rate of 63.3 per thousand registered
births, compared with 66.1 per thousand for 1927.
ILLEGITIMACY.
Twenty illegitimate children were born during the year, and
in the same period 6 deaths of illegitimate infants occurred; the
infantile mortality rate among these children was therefore 300.0;
while that for legitimate infants was 57.3.
DENTAL CLINIC.
A general increase in this branch of the work has been taking
place, and during 1928 the attendances of expectant and nursing