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Maternity and Nursing Homes.
Of the 600 births, 377 occurred at institutions, of
these 198 at the Russell-Stoneham Memorial Hospital
and 85 at the Dartford County Hospital.
Health Visiting.
Visits to children under one year 5,182
Visits to children between one and five years 5,901
Visits to Expectant Mothers 297
Total 11,380
Ophthalmic and Orthopaedic Treatment.
Facilities are available for Ophthalmic and Orthopaedic
treatment at the Dartford County Hospital.
Sixteen children attended for Ophthalmic treatment,
and twenty-four children made forty attendances
for Orthopaedic treatment.
Dental Treatment.
Twenty-one children received treatment at the
Kent County Council's Clinic, Mayplace Road East,
Bexleyheath.
CHILD LIFE PROTECTION.
Adoption of Children (Regulation) Act, 1939.
Foster Children—Section 206—Public Health Act, 1936.
Visits to Adopted Children 218.
Number of adopted children on the register at
the end of the year 53.
Number pending adoption 3.
Visits to Foster Children 47.
Number of children on the register at the end
of year 8.
The Senior Health Visitor is also the Child Life
Protection Officer, and heir work in this connection is
greatly appreciated by the new parents.
She found no cause for complaint throughout the
year.
Domestic Help.
This assistance is granted to families where there
is sickness or infirmity. Number of cases attended 27.
Most of the patients were of a chronic type.
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