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Excluding North Woolwich Infant Welfare Centre, which
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supplies a very small area, the average attendance of children
per session at all centres during the year is 65.2.
During; 1938, 3,103 children attended the centres. The total
attendance of infants from 0—5 was 31,194.
At the clinics special attention is paid to the education of
mothers, individual instruction is given in general hygiene of
childhood, correct methods of feeding and management of children.
Mothers are encouraged to bring their children for periodical
medical examination so that defects and incipient diseases can be
treated in the early stages.
Toddlers' Clinics
Clinics for the examination of "Toddlers"—children between
the ages of two and five years—are held on Monday mornings,
at Church Road Clinic, and on Thursday afternoons at the Central
Clinic. During 1938, 714 examinations were made. In cases
where defects were found, the patients were transferred to the
appropriate Specialist Service, or hospital.
A record of the cases examined is transferred to the School
Medical Service when the children enter school.
Tonsils and Adenoids
During 1938, 116 children received operative treatment.
Ringworm
No cases of Ringworm of the scalp were referred to the X-Ray
Department for radical treatment.
Dental Treatment
Mothers and children referred from the Maternity and Child
Welfare Centres are treated by the School Dentists, two afternoons
in each week being set apart for this purpose.
Ninety-six mothers and one hundred and eighty-nine infants
were referred to the Dental Department during 1938.