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It would appear from these statistics that a fairly constant
figure has now been arrived at, and any further increase is not
likely to take place unless some change occurs in the organisation
and work carried out at these centres.
The next Table, No. 71 shows the number of children
and number of attendances made by them during the year.
If this table is compared with similar tables published in the
annual reports of previous years, it will be noticed that the
attendance of children of two years and over shows a steady
increase—a matter for congratulation when it is remembered
that, although theoretically the health of the young child is
cared for up to the age of 5 under maternity and child welfare
schemes, in actual fact past experience has shown that the
care provided has been mainly limited to children under one
year.