encouraging. A new procedure of this nature takes some time to gain general acceptance.
192. Maternal and Child Health clinics provide the public with free ante-natal, post-natal, infant and child welfare services. Their aim is to promote and maintain the health of expectant mothers, and of infants and young children. No therapeutic treatment of sick casea is undertaken. During the year 5 full-time centres and 14 subsidiary centres holding clinic sessions provided these services. In addition, sessions providing maternal care only were provided in & other centres.
193. One new full-time centre was opened in September 1956 at Homantin, the staff for which included 2 midwives for domiciliary maternity work. The centre in the Chai Wan Resettlement area was put on a full-time basis in November 1956 to meet the growing demands in this area.
194. The service is in the charge of a medical officer with a staff of 7 doctors, 2 health sisters, 2 nursing sisters, 14 health visitore, and 29 health nurses. A notable improvement in the service during the year was the establishment of "Toddlers Clinics" in the 5 main Maternal and Child Health Centres for pre-school children of 2 to 5 years of age for whom no special care had been previously available outside general out-patient clinica. Considerable increases were also possible in the number of post-natal sessions provided, an additional 6 sessions each week being held in the more outlying clinics.
195. Immunization programmes were organized with particu- lar reference to tuberculosis (B.C.G.), diphtheria, and small- pox. Diet supplements and vitamin preparations were dis- tributed to all under-nourished patients.
196. A summary of the figures for the year's attendances and other activities is given below:
Anta-natal cere
Type of work
Port-natal care
Lofant & Childi eure
School Health,
197. In 1956 the School Health Service has had to remain limited owing to lack of premises and staff. No new entrants except from previously existing Government schools have been accepted during the year.
198. The number of pupils participating in the service in December 1956 was 36,196 from 400 schools, 42 of these were Government schools, 87 were subsidized schools, and 268 were private and grant-in-aid schools.
199. The medical staff remained the same as during the previous year. Two health visitors were appointed in October 1956. One small new clinic attached to a new Government primary school was completed at Tsuen Wan; this is the first school cliníe built in the New Territories.
200. A summary of the medical inspection and clinic work is given in the following tables:-
Att
Table 19
Medical Trupeettom of pupils 1556
New Entruot ....
Ferindical loupertions
Re-inspectioon --
Table 18
No. of masions held
Total No. of attendancet
Revidu....
2,231 796
2,614
105,033 9,623 241,591
Total
201.
No of Home visite paid 35,225.
Cases referred to Family Planning Associatina, 1,520.
Tot!
Table 20
Attendances at School Wigles 1956
Dental
*.841
12,145
39,373
56,399
Cororral
Clinies
Opbibalmic Mimics
E. N. T. Clinica
$4,651
9.047
1,916
954
23,708
23,313
1,567
1,545
78.359
32,360
3,483
2,409
Additional services included the free issue of 2,234 pairs
of spectacles to children following refraction, 261 operations in
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