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The following is a Summary of the Work of the Health Visitors
during the year:—
Visits to children under 12 months :
First Visits 1,092
Return Visits 2,659
Visits to children 1 to 5 years of age 4,249
Visits to expectant mothers 511
Visits to children or mothers attending the Welfare Centres 1,545
Visits to investigate infant deaths and still-births 71
Special visits or investigations 584
Visits to cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum 15
Visits to cases of Puerperal Fever 3
Visits to cases of Measles and Whooping Cough 622
Visits to cases of Scarlet Fever on discharge from the
Isolation Hospital 143
Other Visits 659
Total Visits 12,153
Interviews, etc. 3,352
The following is a Summary of the Work of the Welfare Centres
during the year.
Number of children on register at the end of year 2,185
Mothers visiting Centre for the first time 985
Children visiting Centre for the first time 1,011
Total attendances made by mothers 11,311
Total attendances made by children 12,498
Average attendance of children each afternoon 48
Number of Consultations by Medical Officer 3,613
Average number of children seen by Medical Officer each
afternoon 14
Children referred to School Clinic for treatment:
Nose and Throat 3
Eyes 7
Teeth 14
Orthopaedic 2
Mothers referred for dental treatment 18
Mothers supplied with artificial dentures 9