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Children—attendances for treatment 206
,, teeth extracted 287
,, filled —
„ other operations 3
Total number of fillings inserted 76
„ „ „ local anaesthetics administered
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general do. do. 243
Voluntary Helpers.—I should again like to draw attention
to the work which is being carried out by the voluntary
helpers in the Maternity and Child Welfare movement in
Wimbledon. These helpers give a great deal of their time
to the Centres at Pelham Road, Wandle Park House, and St.
Matthew's Church Hall. The work which they so unobtrusively
carry out plays an important part in the success of
Child Welfare work in this Borough.
Municipal Day Nursery.—The work at the Day Nursery
at Hubert Road continued to be most satisfactory.
The total attendances made by children amounted to
10,562 whole days. The average daily attendance was 42.41.
These children came from one hundred and five families,
one family sending three children, fourteen families two
children, and the remainder one child each. The number of
children on the register on 31st December, 1938, was sixtyfour.
Particulars with regard to the accommodation at the
Nursery have been given in previous Reports. The dietary
of the children includes marmite, honey, tomatoes, tripe, liver,
etc. Babies over three months old now have beef and veal
bone broth daily in bottles.
The number of small babies admitted during the year
continued to be high. In several cases arrangements were
made for the mothers to feed them morning and evening,
bottles being given at the Nursery during the day.
Infants up to eighteen months are weighed weekly.
Children from eighteen months to three years are weighed
monthly. Toddlers from three to five years are weighed
every three months unless under observation, when they are
weighed more frequently. During 1938 one thousand two
hundred and forty-three "weighings" were recorded.
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