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is also responsible for sending appointments out to mothers. Staff continue
to be trained for this testing and go either to the R.N.T. Ear
Hospital or Newham Audiology unit.
Toddlers Clinics:
These clinics have also become well known and are now part of the
Child Health Service; they are run on the appointment system.
Liaison with Hospitals:
Our liaison with King George Hospital, Children's Ward, continues.
Also one health visitor continues at Claybury Mental Hospital attending
once weekly joining in with the group discussion. Our joint study days
continue at the llford Maternity Hospital and this year a visit was made
to King George Hospital physiotherapy department where we heard about
the problem of Spina Bifida after care from a physiotherapist who had
spent some time in America.
Liaison with General Practitioners:
Some discussions have taken place this year when decisions of
policy were being changed in the G.P. set-up. One in the practice where
a Health Visitor was already attending and the other where the Health
Visitor was to start assisting the G.P.
I myself worked for three months in one group practice of three
doctors. At this period we were rather short of Health Visitors to take
over owing to retirements and this maintained the link for the next Health
Visitor. The extra Health Visitor and G.P. liaison made this year brings
the total of 5 Health Visitors liaising in group practices.
Home Accidents:
591 Home visits were made to homes following accidents to the
under 5 years and over 60 years of age. The number of visits are much
improved this year as our staff situation improved when our five student
health visitors came to us in July. The deputy superintendent health
visitor is on the local Home Safety Committee taking matters of interest
and not infrequently making points for further action and consideration
in safety.
Child Health Centres:
Following the Sheldon report some thought was given to changing
our ways in these clinics, to put away the scales and start appointment
systems was amongst some of the ideas. One clinic in a large church
hall started this system in April 1968 and the mothers certainly appear to