Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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4. Infant Welfare Centres.
(a) Number of Centres provided and maintained by the Council—5.
(b) Number of Centres provided and maintained by Voluntary Associations—3.
(c) Total number of attendances at all Centres during the year—
(i) By children under 1 year of age—25,074.
(ii) By children between the ages of 1 and 5 years—24,774.
(d) Average attendance of children per session at all Centres during the
year—77.9.
(e) Total number of children who attended at the Centres for the first time
during the year—
(i) Children under 1 year of age—1,918.
(ii) Children between the ages of 1 and 5 years—505.
(f) Percentage of notified live births, represented by the number in (e)(i)—69.0
5. Ante-natal Clinics (whether held at Infant Welfare Centres or at other
premises)—
(a) Number of Clinics* provided and maintained by the Council—3.
(b) Number of Clinics provided and maintained by Voluntary Associations—1.
(c) Total number of attendances by expectant mothers at all Clinics during
the year—3,354.
(d) Average attendance of expectant mothers per session at all Clinics during
the year—19.2.
(e) Total number of expectant mothers who attended at the Clinics during
the year—1,233.
(f) Percentage of total notified births (live and still) represented by the number
in (e)—43.0.
Total Attendances. | Average Attendance per session. | |
---|---|---|
Artificial Light Clinics | 14,634 | 17.0 |
Dental Clinics | 2,415 | 8.3 |
Sewing Classes | 3,051 | 33.2 |
Remedial Exercises Clinic | 1,092 | 11.74 |
Mothers' Clinic (Post-natal) | 405 | 9.4 |
Garden Clinic | 1,816 | — |
*Including Ante-natal Clinics provided at institutions transferred to the Council
under Part I of the Local Government Act, 1929.