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Infant Consultations.—The Child Welfare Clinic has continued
to be held during 1926 on one Session per week, namely Thursday
afternoon at 2.30. It has been arranged that, during 1927, two
Sessions per week will be held for this purpose, and an additional
clinic, on Tuesday afternoons, will shortly be held. There will
then be greater opportunity for more routine medical examinations
of the infants attending than can be attempted at the present
time in addition to the examination of ailing infants.
The attendances during the past year have been very satisfactory.
The average attendance at the Clinic has been in the case
of infants under one year 34 per session, and in the case of young
children, aged 1 to 5 years, 22 per session, a total of 56 infants
and young children per session.
The number of new cases, the total number of infants and
young children attending at the Centre, and the total attendances
made by then during 1926 are given below.
New Cases:—
Infants under 1 year 121
Children 1 to 5 years 38
Total 159
Number of Children attending during the year:—
Infants under 1 year 162
Children 1 to 5 years 114
Total 276
Number of attendances made by: —
Infants under 1 year 1,757
Children 1 to 5 years 1,115
Total 2,872
Mothers 2,871
Assistance is given at the Centre by Voluntary Workersthanks
are due to these ladies for devoting so much time to, and
showing such enthusiasm in the work.
Ante-Natal Clinic.—Up to the end of the year 1926 no separate
Clinic was held for this purpose, expectant mothers being seen
at the Maternity and Child Welfare Clinic on the same afternoon
as the Infant Welfare Clinic was held. Since the beginning of