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Toddlers' Clinics. The clinics were well attended, and 1,904 inspections
were carried out during the first six months of the year.
Health Visiting. The number of visits paid by Health Visitors to children
under five years of age daring the first half of the year was 13,403 ; the total number
of visits was 13,694.
Child Life Protection. There were 30 foster mothers on the register on the
4th July, 1948, seven more than at the end of 1947, and there were 25 foster children.
The number of visits paid by child life protection visitors during the first half of
1948 was 63.
Dental Treatment. The numbers of mothers and children under five attending
the dental clinic up to the 4th July, 1948, were 170 and 165 respectively, and the
number of tuberculous persons was 8. The total number of attendances was 1,044.
Issue of Fruit Juices and Other Supplements. The distribution of the
Government fruit juices and cod liver oil was continued at certain welfare centres.
Artificial Sunlight Clinic. A total of 5,649 treatments were given at this
clinic during the first six months of the year.
Midwifery Service. This is administered in London by the London County
Council. No substantial change took place in the midwifery services, which were
dealt with fully in the Annual Report for 1945.
The arrangement whereby the midwives see at their own sessions at the Central
Health Centre, Market Street, mothers under their care, was continued. This
innovation has proved most beneficial to patient and midwives alike and was about
to be extended at the appointed day.
During the year, 1,381 mothers were admitted to the British Hospital for
Mothers and Babies, and of these, 862 were Woolwich mothers. The number of
admissions to the maternity unit of the Memorial Hospital was 402, of whom 56
were Woolwich mothers.
During the first half of 1948, 155 Woolwich mothers were admitted to the British
Hospital for Mothers and Babies, and 30 mothers to the Memorial Hospital under
the Council's scheme.
Professional Nursing in the Home. The provision of nursing assistance
in the homes of patients suffering from certain infectious diseases, by arrangement
with the local nursing associations, was continued. The total number of visits
paid by nurses on behalf of the Council during the first half of the year was 1,013.
A grant of £25 for the first six months was made to the nursing associations for the
nursing of children under the age of five years for non-infectious conditions, distributed
on the basis of a percentage of the total of such cases nursed by the nurses
of each nursing association.
Immunisation—Diphtheria. Up to the 4th July, 1948, 945 children completed
the full course of immunisation. Of the children who were Schick-tested
during this period, readings confirmed that 1,443 children had been successfully
immunised. There were 96 re-injections.