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Morning Clinics
Special clinics arc 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 1935 are as follows:—
Number of medical consultations 1567
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 1935 were
20,298.
Visits to infants under one year of age 9149
Visits to children over one year of age 9709
Visits to tonsils and adenoid cases 79
Visits to ante-natal cases, first visits 511
Visits to ante-natal cases, revisits 200
Visits to foster mothers 207
Special visits not included in the above group 443