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Maternity and, Child Welfare. 51
12. The provision of milk free of charge for
tous nursing or expectant mothers.
13. The treatment of diseases of women (after
effects of abnormal or complicated confinements)
at the King Edward Hospital.
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).