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(e) Infant Welfare Centres.
The number of attendances at the Infant
Welfare Centres decreased on account of evacuation
and also owing to daylight air-raids. 29,347
attendances were made during 1940 compared with 32,163
during 1939*
(f) Home Visiting.
The constantly disturbed population,
either evacuating or returning, or changing address
because of bomb damage, made home visiting more
difficult although increasingly important. Your
Health Visitors were thus unable to make as many
visits during 1940, the numbers being 14,301 as
compared with 17,696 in 1939*
(3) ORTHOPAEDIC SERVICES.
Work in this department was carried on
in a comparatively normal manner during 1940 as will
be seen by the number of sessions held by the
Orthopaedic Surgeon and by the Masseuses as compared
with previous years.
Mr. Whitchurch Howell left us in July and
tor. A. M. A. Moore has taken over his work for the
duration.
The High Frequency Inductotherm Apparatus
has been in use throughout the year and has proved
invaluable in the treatment of many painful conditions;
all other forms of work associated with electrical
treatment, exercises, massage and appliances etc.,
have been carried on as usual.
It will be noticed that the attendances
per session have remained comparatively even during
the course of the last three years, thus apparently
unaffected by war conditions. The following tables
show the work which has been carried out in the
various branches of orthopaedic work.
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