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Child Health Centres
The demand for these services which comprise the education of parents,
developmental assessment and immunisation of children has fallen slightly
this year. No doubt this is due in part to the fall in the birth rate. One new
Child Health Centre was opened to meet the needs of the developing
Forestdale Estate and this has proved very successful.
For detailed figures see Appendix page 110.
Welfare Foods and Medicaments
The policy of restricting sales at Child Health Centres to National dried
milk and Ministry of Food vitamin preparations was relaxed to include a
vitamin A and D concentrate. Many mothers said their infants would accept
only this form of A and D supplement, and could not be persuaded to take cod
liver oil. Most of the former objectionable taste has been removed from the
cod liver oil now available, and prejudice relates probably more to parents
than children. The dangers from lack of vitamins A & D are too real to permit
any excuse for their being withheld, and with the agreement of the local
Pharmaceutical Committee a clinic packof A & D concentrate is now sold.
For detailed figures see Appendix page 103.