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The total number of attendances at the eight sessions was
151, giving an average attendance of 18.7. The total number of
new cases registered was 33.
The Special Clinic for Toddlers was commenced as an experiment,
and has proved a great success. The mothers have entered
into the spirit of it, and take a real interest in it. The clinic is
strictly reserved for children who are between the ages of two
and five years. The children are undressed and weighed and
examined by the doctor at the first attendance, and are
encouraged to come up for re-examination every three months,
a date being given to the mother in advance for this purpose.
The mothers are beginning to appreciate that by attending on
the appointed date "overcrowding " is avoided, and that, therefore,
more time can be given to their children by the doctor and
health visitors than when large numbers attend.
On December 15 a Special Clinic for Toddlers was commenced
at the St. Barnabas Centre, with an initial attendance of
11.
Supply of Food and Medicines
Dried food, cod liver oil, cod liver oil emulsion, Virol and
Parrish's Food were sold at the centres, and, in necessitous cases,
supplied free. Arrangements were such that necessitous children
needing dried food other than that supplied at the clinics could
obtain this free.
Grants of free milk were made where necessary, applications
for this help being considered each month by the Maternity and