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HEALTH VISITOR'S REPORT FOR 1920.
Infant and Ante-Natal consultations were held as usual on
Thursday afternoons from 2 till 5 or 6. 52 Sessions were held during
1920. On 38 of these the Medical Officer of Health attended and
saw a total of 442 Mothers and Children.
On 39 afternoons short health talks were given to the Mothers.
The following being the subjects chiefly dealt with: —
Rickets. Cause of—How to Prevent.
Hygiene of Pregnancy.
Diet for older Children.
Generally on Care and Feeding of Infants.
Physiology of Breast Feeding, best for Mother and Child.
Cow's Milk—How to prepare and keep for Infant's Food.
Dentition—Care of 1st Teeth ; Foods for Good Teeth.
• Regular Habits, essential for Feeding, Sleeping and Clean
Ways tp be inculcated from the start.
Summer Diarrhoea—How to Prevent and How to Treat.
Fly Peril. Leaflets distributed frequently.
Why Starchy Foods should not be given tp Young Babies.
Care of Children in Measles and Whppping Cpugh.
Suitable Clothing for Children in: (1) Summer, (2) Winter.
Baby's Bath, Care of Skin, Teeth, Eyes, etc.
Some of the Minor Ailments of Childhood—Thrush, ChickenPox,
Mumps, Bronchitis, Cuts, Scalds, and Bruises.
That Prevention is Better than Cure is kept constantly before
the Mothers.
Needless to say, the correct feeding of infants is the special
study pf the Centre, and everything possible is done to encourage
breast feeding, and the mothers are taught that the premature
w,eaning pf the infant is a very serious matter and a menace tp the
life pf the child and should never be resorted to except for very
grave reasons.
All children from birth till 5 years ar,e received at the Centre ;
and as weekly attendances are increasing the lack of accommodation