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(l) Consultations and Other Attendances.
Number of consultations 6,844
Number of attendances at Immunisation Clinics 6,869
Number of attendances at Ophthalmic Clinic 170
Number of attendances at Sunlight Clinics 3,129
Number of attendances at Toddlers' Clinics 1,549
(m) Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
There were no cases of this disease notified during 1948, and
the one case that was still under treatment at the end of 1947,
recovered with vision unimpaired.
(n) Inspection of Midwives.
Visits of inspection, as necessary, were paid throughout the
year and the midwives' work, including records, was satisfactory.
(o) General.
Children were referred, as required, to the Physiotherapy,
Light and Ophthalmic Clinics. The number of children under
five years dealt with at the Diphtheria Immunisation Clinics is
shewn in another section of the report. Cases of Tonsils and
Adenoids were admitted for operation to the hospitals previously
given.
Aldersbrook Maternity Hospital.
The report of Dr. Curnock in respect of the above hospital
for the year under review is appended below :—
I beg to submit the Annual Report for 1948, and would
venture to make the following observations :—
Heavy demands have been made upon accommodation during
the Maternity Hospital's second year. More patients were admitted
than in the previous year and the increased work has fallen largely
upon the Matron, Assistant Matron and Nursing Staff, who have
responded at all times with willing cheerfulness.
The birth of the baby is usually the most dramatic part of the
confinement, but the routine care of a large number of mothers and
small babies is just as exacting ; none the less the care bestowed
individually on each mother and baby has maintained the high
standard of breast-feeding and management established in 1947.