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(1) OVERBURY STREET. (Dr. Elisabeth Wilks).
(Infant Consultation.)
Number of times Centre open 103
Number of primary cases brought to Centre 633
Repeated visits to Centre 6,443
Total attendances 7,076
Total attendances of infants under 1 year 6,663
Total attendances of children over 1 year 413
Dr. Wilks states that even among normally healthy babies
it is noteworthy how frequently it happens that after a mother
has not brought her child for weeks or months the child on its
return is found to have gained no weight and then picks up 2 or
3 lbs. in as many weeks.
The gain in weight is often due to the granting of free milk,
or of Cod Liver Oil.
Every week several children in whom a defect is found are
referred from Overbury Street to their private doctor, or to a
Hospital for special treatment.
Unfortunately there are still a number of artificially fed
babies, but the proportion is smaller than formerly, owing to
advice given during the Ante-natal period, and even the artificially
fed babies are doing better, as they are not so habitually
fed and wrongly fed.
(Ante-natal Centre.)
Number of times opened 51
NumEer of expectant mothers attending 253
Number of repeated attendances at Centre 410
Total attendances 663
Number of visits to expectant mothers at their
homes by the Health Visitors—
Number of cases 16
Number of visits 16