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VISITS.
The Council's Health Visitors paid 495 visits to Expectant
Mothers, 2,223 to children under one year of age, and 6,900 to
children between the ages of one and five years.
MILK AND ACCESSORY FOODS SUPPLIED.
The quantity of fresh and dried milk supplied free to necessitous
cases under the Council's Milk Supply Scheme during the
year was as follows:—
Fresh Milk Nil.
Dried Milk 960 lbs. cost £84 7s. 8½d.
In addition 40 lbs. of other food adjuncts were supplied in
cases where the products supplied by the Ministry of Food were
not satisfactory for the individual cases.
ROUTINE INSPECTION OF CHILDREN
UNDER FIVE YEARS OF AGE.
Following upon a resolution of the Council, the routine medical
inspection of children under five years of age was recommenced in
November 1941. The number of children who kept appointments
during the year 1943 was 2,210 as compared with 2,034 in 1942.
AURAL TREATMENT.
Mothers and children under 5 years of age suffering from aural
defects were referred to the School Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist.
The following is a summary of the work carried out during
1943.
No. of cases dealt with 61
No. of new cases 44
Total number of attendances 103
No. of cases discharged cured 58
No. of cases still under treatment 3
No. of cases referred for removal of adenoids 7
No. of cases referred for removal of tonsils and adenoids 7
No. of cases nil abnormal discovered 5
OPHTHALMIC TREATMENT.
The scheme whereby ante-natal and nursing mothers and