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Births
Of the 4,981 births notified, 3,633 occurred in hospitals, and
1,348 were domiciliary births.
Play Therapy and Clinic Play Groups
Play groups, meeting once or twice a week and supervised by
the mothers of children attending, have been established at some
centres, and have proved a great success.
Additionally, a group for physically handicapped children has
been formed at the St. Paul's Cray centre, meeting once weekly.
The response has been good, and the facilities are greatly
appreciated.
Welfare Foods
All Child Welfare Clinics sell welfare foods (National Dried
Milk, Orange Juice, Cod Liver Oil and Vitamin Tablets) as well
as a range of proprietary foods. During the nine months ended
31st December the total sales of welfare foods were: —
13,588 tins of National Dried Milk.
3,659 bottles of Cod Liver Oil.
6,076 packets of Vitamin Tablets.
101,016 bottles of Orange Juice.
In addition, proprietary foods to the value of £13,989 13s. 6d.
were sold during the same period.
VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION
Under Section 26 of the National Health Service Act, 1946,
every Local Health Authority is required to make arrangements
with Medical Practitioners for the vaccination of persons in the area
of the Authority, against smallpox and the immunisation of such
persons against diphtheria.
The Minister of Health has also approved proposals for
immunisation against whooping cough, poliomyelitis and tetanus.
In addition to vaccination and immunisation by General
Medical Practitioners, facilities are also available at Welfare
Centres and other clinics by the Council's own medical staff.
Following receipt of the Ministry of Health circular 19/65,
proposals for the protection against anthrax for those at special
risk have been submitted to the appropriate committee.