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117 children (boys 63 and girls 54) were involved, 62 being of school
age.
In addition to this work, 407 supervision visits were paid to different
cases under supervision from this Branch.
The Invalid Children's Aid Association:
The work of the Invalid Children's Aid Association (Essex Branch)
in this borough, consists only of visiting those families where there is a
child attending one of their schools.
During 1968 there was one such child and the family was visited by
the Association's representative.
Chiropody;
During the year 375 school children were referred to the Clinics for
treatment (mostly for Verrucae) and many parents were advised regarding
suitable shoes for their children.
Surveys and Research:
During 1968 we continued to participate in the National Survey on
Childhood Malignancies. This involved the interviewing, by a Medical
Officer, of the parents of a child who had died in 1967, from malignant
disease and also the parent of a healthy child of the same age as a control
case.
Six such cases and six controls were interviewed and a lengthy
questionnaire completed on each occasion.
The causes of death among children of school age resident in Redbridge
during 1968 were:—
Asphyxia 1
Ewings Tumour 1
Leukaemia 3
Acute Pulmonary Oedema 1
Mediastivitis, due to swallowing foreign body 1
Road accident 5
Encephalitis 1
Post operative Cerebral Necrosis 1
Total 14