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Aural Treatment.
Aural cases requiring special treatment are referred to the
School Aural Surgeon.
During 1934, 18 patients received treatment at the School
Aural Clinic.
Morning Clinics.
Special Clinics are held thrice weekly to deal with cases that
cannot be satisfactorily dealt with at the ordinary clinics.
Minor ailments requiring observation and treatment are
referred to these morning sessions, also defects and cases of
difficult feeding, and children who have been referred to the
Medical Officer by the Health Visitor from their district visits.
The statistics for 1934 are as follows :—
Number of medical consultations 1,090
Notification of Births.
The Notification of Births Act, 1915, requires that all births
be notified to the Medical Officer of Health within 36 hours of
their occurrence.
All cases notified are visited by the Health Visitor as soon as
possible after the doctor or midwife has ceased to attend. Advice
is given with regard to the care, management, feeding and clothing
of the child, and also the general health and care of the mother.
Thereafter, periodic visits are made to the homes of infants
during the first two years of life, and, as far as possible, at wider
intervals during the next three years, up to the time when the child
comes under the observation of the School Medical Service.
The visits made by the Health Visitors during 1934 were
20,640.
Visits to infants under one year of age 8,046
Visits to children over one year of age 11,591
Visits to tonsils and adenoid cases 118
Visits to ante-natal cases, first visits 71
Visits to ante-natal cases, revisits 247
Visits to foster mothers 225
Special visits not included in the above group 342