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Ferrofax 4 bottle
Numol 800 cartons.
Halycalcyne 17 bottles.
Pure Cod Liver Oil 119 bottles.
Tonsils and Adenoids.
Arrangements are made with the Prince of Wales's Hospital, Tottenham,
for the operative treatment of tonsils and adenoids. Three children
received this form of treatment; of these, the Committee paid the whole cost
of one, and the other two were above scale for assistance.
Convalescent Homes.
Seven mothers, five with their babies, were sent for convalescent treatment
during the year for an average period of three weeks two and a half
days.
Nine children were sent away under an arrangement with the Invalid
Children's Aid Association, for an average period of five weeks, four and a
half days per child. Of these nine children, three, who were away in 1935,
carried their convalescence into 1936, and three who were sent away in 1936
were still away at the beginning of 1937.
Artificial Sunlight.
This treatment is carried out at the North Middlesex County Hospital,
and during the course of the year nine children received treatment, and the
report submitted by the Hospital Authorities was as follows:—
4 children improved and were discharged.
1 child improved and was then sent to a Convalescent Home.
3 children improved, but were finally discharged as absentees before
the treatment was completed.
1 child improved, but the treatment had to be suspended.
The average gain in weight was 14 ozs.
Home Helps.
This service is gradually becoming more popular with the mothers;
18 applications were made and granted during the year, as against 9 applications
in 1935.
Midwifery and Maternity Services.
Edmonton Council are the Local Supervising Authority under the Midwives
Acts for their area.
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