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FAMILY PLANNING.
During the year the Corporation made arrangements with the
Carshalton and District Family Planning Association. A few women
attended the clinic conducted by the Association. They belong to the
limited class of married women defined in Ministry of Health Memorandum
153, in whose cases further pregnancy would be detrimental to
health.
TREATMENT.
Minor Ailments. One hundred and forty-one cases were referred
from the Maternity and Child Welfare Centres to the under-mentioned
hospitals during the year :—
Croydon General Hospital 53
St. Helier County Hospital 81
Queen Mary's Hospital 4
Wilson Hospital 2
Hospital for Sick Children (Great Ormond
Street) 1
141
The conditions requiring treatment were :—
Orthopædic Defects 6
Circumcision 41
Eye Conditions 23
Skin Conditions 9
Ear and Nose Conditions 4
Nævus 23
Tonsils and Adenoids 12
Feeding Difficulties 2
Chest Conditions 7
Nervous Conditions 1
Miscellaneous Ailments 13
Dental. During 1948, 132 cases were referred for treatment as
follows :—
Expectant Mothers 51
Nursing Mothers 7
Children under 5 years . 74
132
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