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(6). ETON MISSION, (Dr. E. J. F. Moore).
Number of times Centre open 98
Number of primary cases brought to Centre 293
Repeated visits to Centre 4,981
Total attendances5,274
Total attendances of infants under 1 year 4,716
Total attendances of children over 1 year 558
Dr. Moore states that many of the babies are brought
within the first two weeks of life, and of those brought later the
most common reason is some condition due to error of diet, often
readily put right.
The smallest baby seen was one of 14 days, (a premature
infant), whose weight was only 2 lb. 13 oz., and this child
although only partially breast fed, has progressed uninterruptedly
and at the last weighing (Feb. 10th, 1922), when child was 7
months' old was 14 lbs. 12 ozs., the child being bright and
strong; another infant at 7 weeks when first seen, weighed
7 lbs. 3½ ozs., and Dec. 30th, 1921, when 12 months' old,
weighed 22 lbs. 8 ozs.
As before, every endeavour is made to get mothers to breast
feed babies, entirely if possible, or with aid of supplementary
artificial food, if this is advisable.
Cases requiring medical or surgical treatment such as
bronchitis, pneumonia, skin eruptions, discharging ears, circumcision,
etc., are referred to private doctors, or local Hospitals.