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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 884
Total visits 1,415
(b) To children under one year of age... First visits 2,852
Total visits 7,983
(c) To children between the ages of one
and five years Total visits 15,455
In addition visits were paid to 231 cases of measles and 81
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 42,536
(2) By children between the ages of one and
five years 25,856
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 2,732
(2) Between the ages of one and five years 745
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 2,535
(2) Over one year of age 6,331
TREATMENT.
The following particulars show the extent to which the facilities
for treatment are used.
Dental treatment:—315 children under five years of age
and 381 expectant or nursing mothers made 1,012
attendances for treatment. 102 mothers were fitted
with dentures.
Physio-therapeutic clinic:—289 new cases were referred to
the clinic. The total number of attendances by patients
was 5,244 (1,695 massage, 2,778 electrotherapeutic, 346
ante-natal treatment). 93 patients were seen by consultant
orthopaedic surgeon and 332 were seen by the consultant
physiotherapist.
Correction of visual defects:—55 children and 3 mothers were
treated by arrangement with the Middlesex County Council,
most of these being recommended to obtain glasses.