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ASSISTED 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 326 lbs. Cost £29 15s. Od.
In addition 42 lbs. of other food adjuncts were supplied in cases
where the products supplied by the Ministry of Food were not
satisfactory for the individual case.
ROUTINE INSPECTION OF CHILDREN UNDER
FIVE YEARS OF AGE
The routine medical inspection of children under 5 years of
age was carried out as heretofore.
The number of appointments kept was 2,893 (31%) as compared
with 2,569 in 1945.
EAR, NOSE AND THROAT TREATMENT
Mothers and children under 5 years of age suffering from such
defects were referred to the School Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist.
The following is a summary of the work carried out during
1946:—
6 mothers were referred, one of whom was sent to
Hospital for antrum washouts.
46 children were referred, 16 of whom were advised
adenectomy.
OPHTHALMIC TREATMENT
Ante-Natal and Nursing Mothers and children under 5 years
of age, with eye defects, were referred to the School Ophthalmic
Surgeon.