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INFANT WELFARE SERVICES.
HOME VISITING BY THE HEALTH VISITORS.
The following table shows the number of visits paid by the
health visitors during the year:—
(a) To expectant mothers First visits 920
Total visits 1,347
(b) To children under one year of age First visits 3,350
Total visits 8,517
(c) To children between the ages of one
and five years Total visits 13,706
In addition visits were paid to 14 cases of measles and 355 cases
of whooping cough in children under 5 years of age.
INFANT WELFARE CENTRES.
The following table shows the work done at the Infant Welfare
Centres during the year:—
Total attendances at all Centres:—
(1) By children under one year of age 49,229
(2) By children between the ages of one and
five years 32,330
Total number of children who first attended at the Centres
during the year and who on the date of their first attendance
were:—
(1) Under one year of age 2,824
(2) Between the ages of one and five years 1,243
Total number of children under five years of age who attended
at the Centres during the year and who at the end of the year
were:—
(1) Under one year of age 2,385
(2) Over one year of age 6,359
TREATMENT.
The following particulars show the extent to which the facilities
for treatment are used.
Dental treatment:—295 children under five years of age, 378
expectant or nursing mothers made 1,105 attendances
for treatment. 101 mothers were fitted with dentures.
Physio-therapeutic clinic:—242 new cases were referred to the
clinic. 76 patients were seen at the consultant orthopaedic
clinic, and 114 patients were seen by the consultant
physiotherapist.
Correction of visual defects:—79 children and 4 mothers were
treated by arrangement with the Middlesex County Council,
most of these being recommended to obtain glasses.
Provision is made by which children wearing glasses are
re-tested periodically.