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The "Xmas Seal Sale" is now well known, and apart from the
donations sent by many people, the kind note of encouragement which
often accompanies it make the Care Committee feel that the work
they are doing is 'ell worth while. The Care Committee are grateful
to all those whose willing help enaoled them to lighten the lot
of those afflicted with this long and often tragic illness.
DELTAL CLINIC Maternity
Tuberculosis. Child Welfare.
Total attendances 82 450
No. of new patients 4 68
No. of dentures supplies 16 60
MATERNITY & CHILD WELFARE
No. of Health Visitors employed: Municipal 10. Voluntary 6.
No. of all Health Visitors' visits to expectant mothers:
First visits 902. Total 2250.
" " " " " " to children under one year:
Hirst visits 1170. Total 9694.
" " " " " " to children between 1 & 5 years :
Total 18165.
to. of Infant Welfare Centres on 31st December:
Municipal 7. Voluntary 3. Total 10.
Ho. of children at first attendance:
Under. 1 year old 1144.
Between 1 and 5 years 255.
Ho. of children attending at the end of the year:
Under 1 year, 919. Over 1 year old, 2070. Total 2989.
Total number of visits made during the year for all purposes
by the Health Visitors: Municipal 24,900. Voluntary 18,147.
AHTE & POST NATAL CLINICS.
No. of Clinics: Municipal 2. Voluntary 3.
Total number of women who attended 1086.
SUPPLY OH MILK AND VITAMINS.
Under the national Scheme, the following welfare foods were
distributed:
FOOD
Infant
Welfare
Centres
Day
Nurseries
Institutions.
Hood
Office
TOTAL
Milk, full cream
16500 pkts
278 pkts
373 pkts
889 pkts
18,040
" half "
1040 "
24
198 "
205 "
1,467
Orange Juice
53896 bots
1318 bots
432 bots
1620 "
57,266
Cod liver Oil
5536 "
503 "
24 "
177
6,240
A & D Capsules
1203
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-
72
1,275
THE CARE OF PREMATURE INFANTS (Cire. 20/44 and 174/44).
1. Information of all premature and underweight infants (5½ lbs. and
under at birth) is supplied to the Medical Officer of Health on
the birth notification cards.
2. Premature and underweight infants so notified 61.
" " " " born in Stepney 42.
" " " " " outside Stepney 19.
3. Of the total 61 infants:-
(a) Number who died before the end of one month 23.
(b) Percentage of deaths " " " " " 37.7%
4. Of the 42 born in Stepney:-
(a) Born at home 15.
(b) Born in Hospital 27.
(5)