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 Woolwich]
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Welfare Centres. These are set out in detail in Table
No. 51. At the end of the year 3 ante-natal and 18 infant
consultations were being held each week.
Voluntary Centre. There is only one Voluntary Centre in
Woolwich which is held at the Victory Club, Beresford Street.
It serves one of the most difficult areas in the Borough and
meets once a week on Monday afternoon. It continues to do
excellent work. The number of children attending the centre
during the year was 143 and the total number of attendances,
including mothers, was 779. The Council do not make a grant
towards the expenses of this centre but provide for the services
of a Medical Officer and a Health Visitor.
The Work of the Centres. The following Table No. 54 gives
detailed statistics for the year 1924 and consolidated statistics
for the year 1923. The figures shew an increase in the
number of attendances compared with those of the previous
year, particularly at the Slade and New Eltham Centres.
TABLE No. 54.
Centre. | No. on Roll of Centre. | No. of Attendances. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mothers. | Children. | Mothers. | Children. | |||
Expectant. | Nursing. | Expectant. | Nursing. | |||
Town Hall | 305 | 327 | 2,200 | 430 | 627 | 8,141 |
Plumstead | 148 | 150 | 1.207 | 249 | 250 | 5,331 |
Eltham | 171 | 108 | 1,369 | 385 | 184 | 6,759 |
Slade | 9 | 35 | 470 | 11 | 65 | 3,213 |
North Woolwich | — | 3 | 151 | — | 3 | 851 |
New Eltham | 6 | 8 | 175 | 11 | 8 | 1,319 |
Beresford Street (Voluntary). | 22 | 28 | 143 | 41 | 119 | 619 |
Totals 1924 | 661 | 659 | 5,715 | 1,127 | 1,256 | 26,233 |
1923 | 513 | 701 | 4.204 | 827 | 1.368 | 24.511 |