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Maternity and. Child Welfare.
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Arrangements for the care of the child up to five years of age:
1. The visiting of infants and children under 5
years of age by health visitors.
2. Consultations for children under 5 years of age
at the Welfare Centre. (Dr. Grace Banham).
3. Operative treatment for enlarged tonsils and
adenoids, dental and ophthalmic treatment
and treatment of minor ailments at the
School Clinic.
4. The visiting of all cases of measles and whooping
cough notified through the schools.
5. The nursing of serious or complicated cases of
measles, whooping cough, infant diarrhoea
and poliomyelitis.
6. The treatment of cases of measles at the Isolation
Hospital.
7. The home nursing of cases of ophthalmia
torum.
8. The treatment of serious cases of ophthalmia
neonatorum at the Isolation Hospital.
9. The treatment of wasting or ailing children at
the King Edward Memorial Hospital. (Six
beds reserved).
10. Operative treatment for such conditions as
circumcision, etc., at the King Edward
Hospital.
11. The provision of milk for the children of parents
who are in necessitous circumstances.
12. The supply of dried milk, paraffin for internal
use, "Chymol," olive oil and umbilical
belts at wholesale prices (and in special cases
free of charge) to mothers unable to afford
the usual cost of such articles.