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The special toddlers' clinic held on Wednesday mornings has been discontinued
and mothers are encouraged to bring their toddlers to the ordinary afternoon clinics.
|An additional ante-natal clinic was started on Wednesday mornings at Hoxton Market
[Mission on 27th February. Ultra-violet light clinics were held as before on Mondays,
Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and a report on this method of treatment will
be found at the end of this section. It will also be noted that a new Otorrhœa Clinic
has been instituted. A special report on this will also be found below.
Once again we have to offer our grateful thanks to the voluntary workers who
have assisted us during the year. Their work is especially valuable as great difficult
is experienced in obtaining voluntary help in this Borough in spite of repeated efforts.
As a consequence, much of the time of the Health Visitors is occupied in doing clerical
and other work which could be done equally well by untrained persons. It is hoped
to put forward shortly a scheme which will help to overcome this difficulty.
The attendances at the various clinics were not quite so well maintained as in
the previous year. As a result of the severe winter and the prevalence of illness the
numbers became abnormally low during the first few months. I he total attendances
numbered 46,260 as compared with 47,154 during the previous year.
In view of the large number of mothers attending the clinics who are unable to
breast feed their babies, it was decided to do something to cope with this problem.
advantage to babies of natural feeding is, of course, inestimable, and it is of special