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Treatments given:—
Seven or fewer attendances 34
Over seven attendances 23
Conditions treated.—Moist umbilicus—treatment before operation
of perineorrhaphy—inflammation of eye—sore buttocks—
eczema—discharging ear—constipation—pediculosis—burns and
scalds—threadworms—impetigo—scalp sores—cut forehead—
septic abrasion—breast conditions—remove pessary—from
gynaecological clinic for treatment—septic thumb.
CLINIC SERVICES.
At the commencement of the year it was shown that all
sessions, except those at Sudbury where, however, the numbers
were over-taxing the accommodation, were working beyond a
capacity allowing the Medical Officers and Health Visitors to
give their best services. The Maternity and Child Welfare
Committee recommended three additional clinic sessions weekly.
The numbers attending continued to grow, both at the
Infant Welfare clinics and all the other clinics of the Council,
until now (May, 1938) the Council have adopted the recommendations
of the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee that the
following sessions be held:—
Infant Welfare Clinics 12 sessions per week
Toddlers' Clinics 4 sessions per week
Ante-Natal Clinics 5 sessions per week
Gynaecological 2 sessions per month
Dental Clinics 2 sessions per week
Birth Control Session 2 sessions per month
The total number of children who first attended at the
centres during the year and who, on the date of their first
attendance were under one year of age was 1,180, while of those
between the ages of 1-5 years the corresponding number was
419. The total number of children under five years of age who
attended at the centres during the year and who at the end of
the year were (1) under one year of age was 1,096; and (2) over
one year of age was 2,139.
The percentage of notified live births represented by the
number of children who attended at the centres during the year
and who on their first attendance were under one year of age
was 65.9 This number, however, is exclusive of those children
who are known to have previously attended a centre in another
district prior to coming to reside in Wembley.
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