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Ilford 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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Infant Welfare Centres.
The Infant Welfare Centres have, as in previous years, been
carried on very economically owing to the assistance which ladies
in the town have voluntarily given. At the Ilford Lane Centre
one of the ladies has carried on a clothing club since 1921, to which
mothers can contribute small sums weekly and withdraw the whole
or part of their contributions as necessity arises. During 1928,
£19 2s. 5d. was saved by 30 mothers.
Owing to the lack of sufficient accommodation for perambulators
at the Presbyterian Church Hall, Albert Road, Ilford, it
was found necessary to transfer the Centre previously held at these
premises to the Congregational Church Hall, Grosvenor Road.
Ilford. The first session held at the new premises was on the
5th September.
During the year the following attendances were recorded:—
| Figures for | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927. | 1928. | |||||||||||||
| Total number of attendances of infants | 28,142 | 33,590 | ||||||||||||
| First attendances | 1,659 | 1,913 | ||||||||||||
| Total number of children on roll December 31st, after omission of all those who had not attended for six months | 1,768 | 2,145 | ||||||||||||
| Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apl. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | |||
| First Attendances— | ||||||||||||||
| 182 | 185 | 141 | 129 | 157 | 172 | 161 | 199 | 164 | 209 | 126 | 88 | |||
| Subsequent Attendances— | ||||||||||||||
| 2507 | 3155 | 2354 | 1818 | 2532 | 2828 | 2557 | 2606 | 2810 | 3718 | 2843 | 1949 | |||
The following is a comparison of the attendances at Infant Welfare Centres for the past ten years:—
| Total No. of attendances of infants. | First attend-ances. | Total No. of children on roll on 31st December. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 | 5,643 | 629 | 652 |
| 1920 | 12,311 | 876 | 925 |
| 1921 | 14 492 | 909 | 1 017 |
| 1922 | 15,529 | 1,126 | 1,137 |
| 1923 | 18,600 | 1,284 | 1,371 |
| 1924 | 20,988 | 1,403 | 1,508 |
| 1925 | 24,245 | 1,420 | 1,608 |
| 1926 | 26,276 | 1,540 | 1,927 |
| 1927 | 28,142 | 1,659 | 1,768 |
| 1928 | 33,590 | 1,913 | 2,145 |
| 480 sessions were held during the year, the average attendance at each session being 69.98 mothers with their infants. | |||