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nursery party for 40 children in Rutlandshire, it may truly be said that
Tottenham has made a substantial contribution to the Government's
scheme for the carc of young children of war-working mothers. The
Maternity and Child Welfare Committee would wish to acknowledge
in particular the energetic and untiring services of the Superintendent
Health Visitor, Mrs. J. Kent Parsons, M. B.E., in the work of establishing
and maintaining the war-time nurseries.
School Medical Service.
Despite the difficulties of war conditions, a very complete medical
and dental service has been maintained, and has during the year been
extended to include, by delegation from the Middlesex County Council,
the Minor Ailment and Orthopaedic treatment of all secondary school
children in the area. This extension means that routine medical and
dental inspection and all forms of treatment are now available to children
attending schools provided by the Higher Education A uthority, as well as
the Local Education Authority. Close attention has been paid to the
nutritional standard of the children which has again showed no sign of
deterioration since the war. It is gratifying to note that the percentage
of children on the roll now taking milk in school is 79 per cent., and that
Tottenham is among the first half dozen districts in the country with
the highest proportion of children receiving a daily hot meal at school.
Maternity and Child Welfare Service.
The increased birth rate and ever increasing popularity of the Municipal
Health Centres has kept the Health Visitors, Municipal Midwives
and medical staff working at top pressure throughout the year. Two
additional ante-natal sessions, making nine sessions a week, have been
established during the year, and the percentage of the maternal population
attending is as high as any in the country. At the close of the year
it was decided to appoint two additional municipal midwives to cope
with the increasing number of births.
In conclusion, I wish to acknowledge the support and encouragement
accorded to me by you Mr. Mayor, and the Chairmen and Members of
the various Committees, and to record my indebtedness to my fellow
workers, particularly the Chief Clerks, in every department of the
Borough's Health Services.
I have the honour to be,
Your obedient Servant,
G. Hamilton Hogben,
Medical Officer of Health.
and School Medical Officer.