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(f) Home Visiting.
It is, gratifying to note that your Health
Visitors were able to give more the to this part of their
work during 1941, the total number of visits being 18,514
as compared with 114,301 during 1940. This v/as made
possible by the fact that daylight raids were much fewer
and less time was required on examinations in connection
with school evacuation.
(g) Circumcision Clinic.
In July, 1941, circumcision sessions were
commenced at Central Clinic and continued thereafter
at regular intervals of approximately two weeks or a
month, according to the demand. In this v/ay 27 operations
(including 4 stretchings and 1 nail and 1 mole removed
under anaesthetic) were performed without incident and a
really urgent local need has been met.
(h) Birth Control.
From its inception in November, 1937, to the
end of 19*40, 19 cases had attended the Birth Control
Clinic, making a total of 24 attendances. During the
year 1941, 1 hew case attended, on two occasions, and
1 old case, on one occasion.
(i) War Time Nurseries.
Proposals to establish War-Time Day Nurseries
to receive children under 5 years of age of mothers in
work, were considered by you in June 1941, and
subsequently approval v/as received from the Ministry
of Health to convert the Eastbury Ilanor House and Lodge
Farm House, Rugby Road, for the purpose. Accomodation
at these two premises would be 80 and 43 children
respectively. Neither Nursery v/as opened during the
year 1941.
This opportunity is taken to record our
appreciation of the way in which the officers of the
National Trust have co-operated in making available
the historic Eastbury Ilanor House for this war-time
measure.
(j ) Supplementary Clothing Coupons for
Expectant Mothers.
The scheme for the issue of a special allowance
of 50 clothing coupons to expectant mothers, on
meclical certificate, was commenced on the 5th August,
1941, and from that date to the end of 194l, issues
were made to 723 patients, 2 of which were in respect
of twin pregnancies.
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