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Expectant and Nursing Mothers.
Total number of attendances for treatment 647
Number of attendances for extraction (under local
anaesthetic) 404
Number of teeth extracted 948
Number of attendances for filling 65
Number of teeth filled 80
Number of attendances for special treatment 171
Number of new cases treated 214
Stratford Day Nursery.
During 1931 the work at the Stratford Day Nursery was
carried on with the usual satisfactory results. It is of great service
to the mothers of this district who are obliged to go out daily
to work, and also of inestimable benefit to the young children who
receive the care and attention there.
Total number of attendances of children during 1931 :
(1) Whole day 7304
(2) Average daily attendance 28
(3) Average weekly attendance 162
A sum of 8d. per day is charged to the mothers.
Sunlight Treatment for Children under 5 years of age.
Arrangements are in force whereby children under 5 years
of age are referred for this treatment to the Sunlight Clinic at the
Stratford Day Nursery Welfare Centre. This special Clinic was
first opened in 1925 by the Women's League of Service for
Motherhood at the Stratford Day Nursery Clinic in Welfare Road.
In February, 1928, two additional sessions were established
weekly by an arrangement made between the Maternity and Child
Welfare Committee of the Borough and the Committee of the
above League. The children are referred to this Clinic from the
Welfare Centres in the Borough through the Medical Officer of
Health ; a Municipal Health Visitor attends at these two sessions.
Greater use is being made of these facilities since the opening of
the new Clinics, owing to the fact that more children are now
brought in touch with the work of the Child Welfare Scheme.
Attendances at the Sunlight Clinic.
(1) Municipal Clinic.
(2 sessions per week)
Number of new cases: 114.
Number of attendances
for treatment: 2,084
(2) Day Nursery Clinic.
(3 sessions per week)
Number of new cases: 644.
Number of attendances
for treatment: 5,485
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