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148. The total number of attendances at the three centres during the year was 161,157 and, for purposes of comparison, it may be stated that 153,283 attendances were received at Kowloon and Wanchai, an increase of 29,237 over the 1938 figures. The average number of attendances at the three centres was 589 for each day in which they were open.
149. The average age of the infants at their first attendance was three months as compared with eight months in 1938. This appears to indicate increased confidence by the mothers in the work of the welfare centres.
150. Synthetic milk for the children and nursing mothers continued to be given and, in conjunction with approximately 300 meals given daily at the centres' soup kitchens, provided welcome nourishment to poor and badly-nourished women and children.
151. As recorded last year the Society for the Protection of Children provided, through the centres, free milk for the children of impoverished mothers.
152. About eighty per centum of infants required medical treatment on first attendance. The following were the most common diseases in the order given:-
Malnutrition, digestive disturbances, respiratory diseases, conjunctivitis, skin diseases, thrush.
153. During 1939, 7,723 anti-cholera inoculations were given to mothers and older children and 1,086 vaccinations were performed against smallpox at the health centres.
154. Of 270 bloods tested, thirty-nine gave a positive Wassermann reaction.
155. 3,126 home visits were paid by nurses from the centres during the year to the homes of babies attending.
156. Special gynaecological clinics for Indian women were continued during the year. The following table gives details of numbers:-
Name Clinics held New Cases Revisits Total attendance Average Stanley Jail Indian Clinic 45 68 550 618 13.7 Kowloon Hospital Indian Clinic 51 213 680 893 17.5 Violet Peel Indian Clinic 50 227 1,005 1,232 24.6157. The Eugenics League continued its activities and, as can be seen from its report—Appendix III—has made steady progress.
There are now three main clinics carried on in close association with other welfare work. The number of mothers availing themselves of the facilities provided increased from 291 in 1938 to 574 in 1939. The average age of the mothers advised was thirty-one and pregnancies amongst them averaged six.
Clinics have also been started at three refugee camps.
The necessity for an extension of the work of this League amongst an impoverished population where the infantile mortality rate is approximately one in three is so obvious as to need no comment.
N. C. MACLEOD,
Deputy Director of Health Services.
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148. The total number of attendances at the three centres during the year was 161,157 and, for purposes of comparison, it may be stated that 153,283 attendances were received at Kowloon and Wanchai, an increase of 29,237 over the 1938 figures. The average number of attendances at the three centres was 589 for each day in which they were open.
149. The average age of the infants at their first attendance was three months as compared with eight months in 1938. This appears to indicate increased confidence by the mothers in the work of the welfare centres.
150. Synthetic milk for the children and nursing mothers continued to be given and, in conjunction with approximately 300 meals given daily at the centres' soup kitchens, provided welcome nourishment to poor and badly-nourished women and children.
151. As recorded last year the Society for the Protection of Children provided, through the centres, free milk for the children of impoverished mothers.
152. About eighty per centum of infants required medical treatment on first attendance. The following were the most common diseases in the order given:-
Malnutrition, digestive disturbances, respiratory diseases, conjunctivitis, skin diseases, thrush.
153. During 1939, 7,723 anti-cholera inoculations were given to mothers and older children and 1,086 vaccinations were performed against smallpox at the health centres.
154.
Of 270 bloods tested, thirty-nine gave a positive Wassermann reaction. 155. 3,126 home visits were paid by nurses from the centres during the year to the homes of babies attending.
156. Special gynaecological clinics for Indian women were continued during the year. The following table gives details of numbers:-
Table XVIII.
Clinics
Cases
Average
Name
held
New
Revisits Total attendance
Stanley Jail
Indian Clinic
45
68
550
618
13.7
Kowloon Hospital
Indian Clinic
51
213
680
893
17.5
Violet Peel
Indian Clinic
50
227 1,005
1,232
24.6
157. The Eugenics League continued its activities and, as can be seen from its report-Appendix III-has made steady progress.
There are now three main clinics carried on in close association with other welfare work. The number of mothers availing themselves of the facilities provided increased from 291 in 1938 to 574 in 1939. The average age of the mothers advised was thirty-one and pregnancies amongst them averaged six.
Clinics have also been started at three refugee camps.
The necessity for an extension of the work of this League amongst 'an impoverished population where the infantile mortality rate is approximately one in three is so obvious as to need no comment.
N. C. MACLEOD,
Deputy Director of Health Services.
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