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was only commenced in December, and by the end of the
year 7 new patients had attended. The dental work is carried
out under the aegis of a local Association of Medical Practitioners
at their Clinic in Brewer Street. Children requiring
medical or surgical treatment are referred to the School
Clinic. The Borough Council pays 5/- for each case so referred.
During the year 54 cases were sent there for treatment.
Voluntary Centre. The Voluntary Centre at the Victory
Club, Beresford Street, has continued to do good work during
the year. The total number of children attending this Centre
during the year was 127, and the total number of attendances,
including mothers, was 989.
Convalescent Home, Brent Road. This Home was closed
in September, 1922.
The Work of Health Visitors. At the end of the year, the
number of Health Visitors was 8, two of whom hold the
combined appointment of Sanitary Inspector and Health
Visitor. Their work, which consists of the visiting and supervision
of all children under school age needing this attention;
the visiting of expectant mothers who have attended at an
ante-natal clinic or for whom visits are desirable; enquiry
into still births and the deaths of young children, and the
attendance at Centres to which children and women come
for medical and hygienic advice, becomes increasingly valuable
year by year. Experience gained in the last few years has
shown that the younger mothers are desirous of acquiring
information on the rearing of children, take instruction in
these matters very kindly, and recognise that in these times
more than instinct and tradition is necessary if baby is to
develop as they would wish. Now-a-days the first visit of
the Health Visitor is taken as a matter of course—indeed it
is looked forward to. The first Health Visitor was appointed