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country for delicate children referred from the Clinics. Fifteen
young children were sent away through the Association during
1927.
The Infant Welfare Centre in East Ham is affiliated with the
Association of Infant Welfare and Maternity Centres.
Co-ordination.
There is very considerable co-ordination between the Maternity
and Child Welfare work of the Borough and other Departments
of the Public Health Service.
The records of Clinic children on reaching the age of five years
are sent to the School Medical Department for information regarding
entrants to school life.
Expectant and nursing mothers and young children requiring
dental treatment are referred to the School Dental Surgeon from
the Infant Welfare Clinics.
Cases of Ringworm of the Scalp occurring in children under
school age are referred to the School X-ray Department.
Cases of Tuberculosis discovered at the Maternity and Child
Welfare Centres are at once referred to the Tuberculosis Officer.
The treatment of Tonsils and Adenoids is carried out under
the same arrangements existing for purposes of the School Medical
Services.
Ophthalmic cases are referred from the Infant Clinics to the
School Ophthalmic Surgeon.
The treatment of infants by Artificial Sunlight is carried out
at the School Clinic. The apparatus used for the Infant Clinics
is shared with the School Medical Service.
The use of the public ambulance is granted, when required,
to convey expectant mothers to the maternity wards of hospitals.
Financial investigations into the circumstances of parents
applying for grants of milk, etc., are referred to the Financial
Officer.
Premises found in an insanitary condition by Health Visitors
in connection with their routine work are reported to the Chief
Sanitary Inspector for further investigation and such action as he
may find desirable.