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In addition 106 children were primarily vaccinated at the Manford
Way, Mayesbrook and Marks Gate Clinics.

TREATMENT OF MINOR AILMENTS. - Children suffering from
simple dietetic ailments are treated at the Infant Welfare Centres.
Facilities are, however, available at the sessions held for school
children at Kenwood Gardens and Mayesbrook Clinics for children under
school age to receive treatment for minor ailments, although in practice
very few so attend.
MIDWIVES. - There were 13 State Certified midwives (including
the Non-Medical Supervisor of Midwives, 9 domiciliary midwives and 2
part-time midwives employed by the County Council), resident and
practising in the district at the end of the year. In addition there were
33 State Certified midwives at the Ilford Maternity Hospital.
Supervision of the midwives practising on the district, including
regular inspections by the Medical Supervisor of Midwives, was carried
out as in previous years, and general supervision, in accordance with
the Rules of the Central Midwives Board, was exercised over the midwives
practising at the Ilford Maternity Hospital.
The Midwives (Amendment) Rules 1960, which came into operation
on the 1st July 1960, introduced certain changes in the rules regulating,
supervising and restricting within due limits the practice of midwives.
These included the removal of the distinction between midwives and
maternity nurses by abolishing the term "maternity nurse", the reduction
of the minimum lying-in period from fourteen to ten days and the removal
of the requirement to notify the local supervising authority in each case
in which artificial feeding is adopted.
Suspension from Practice. - No midwives were suspended from
practice during the year.