[Report 1961] / Medical Officer of Health, West Bromwich County Borough.
- West Bromwich (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1961
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1961] / Medical Officer of Health, West Bromwich County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Each centre was staffed b officer of the health department y/as given at some clinics by volur. Vaccination against smallpox with triple immunisation against dif. tetanus was carried out at the centres Further details of the numbers centres are given below;- Children between 0—1 year Children between 1—2 years Children between 2 — 5 years First attendances 1960 1961 1,635 1,600 9 22 6 31 i yo I 20,636 22,014 3,512 4,016 4,031 3,367 No special toddler clinics were run. Health education was carried out by the health visitors in the clinics. The small number of children between 1 and 5 years of age attending caused con¬ cern. These attendances cannot easily be increased unless adequate numbers of health visitors are available. Ideally child- should attend at least once a year for examination. Food and Medicaments There was a central distribution centre open during office hours each day for the distribution of baby food, orange juice and cod-liver oil, and supplies were also available, at ali infant welfare centres in the borough. From 1st June, 1961, new arrangements for the sale of concentrated orange juice, cod liver oil and vitamin A and D tablets were introduced nationally. No change was made in the arrangements for welfare milk and national dried milk. From the above date any beneficiary (children up to the age of 5 years and 1 month, handicapped children, expectant and nursing mothers) was eligible to have any quantity of these foods at new prices as follows:- Orange juice 1/6d per bottie (old price 5d) Cod liver oil ]/- per bottle (previously free) Vitamin A & D tablets 6d per packet (previously free) The price of national dried milk remained unchanged at 2/4d per tin. 76](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30260048_0028.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
