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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Mitcham 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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Attendances at Infant Welfare, Centres, 1948
| Particulars | Cavendish Road | St. Barnabas | Church Road | Sherwood House | Meopham Road | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of new oases registered during period 1.1.48—4.7.48: Children under one year of age | 89 | (176) | 138 | (235) | 166 | (306) | 102 | (207) | 102 | (173) | 587 | (1097) |
| Children over one year and under five years of age | 11 | (19) | 20 | (36) | 23 | (30) | 21 | (41) | 11 | (19) | 86 | (161) |
| Number of children in attendance at 4.7.48: | ||||||||||||
| Under one year of age | 203 | (329) | 234 | (191) | 257 | (269) | 258 | (379) | 169 | (145) | 1121 | (1313) |
| Over one and under five years of age | 90 | (98) | 291 | (479) | 329 | (506) | 197 | (240) | 251 | (381) | 1168 | (1704) |
| Attendances of children under one year of age | 1789 | (8248) | 2633 | (4746) | 2624 | (4935) | 1715 | (3342) | 1720 | (3070) | 10481 | (19341) |
| Attendances of children over one year of age | 321 | (677) | 641 | (1254) | 887 | (1834) | 876 | (1820) | 697 | (1308) | 3422 | (6893) |
| Total attendances at centres | 2110 | (3925) | 3274 | (6000) | 3511 | (6769) | 2591 | (5162) | 2417 | (4378) | 13903 | (26234) |
| Average attendances at centres | 87.9 | (81.8) | 125.9 | (115.4) | 67.5 | (64.5) | 56.3 | (53.8) | 48.3 | (43.8) | ||
| Percentage of infants under one year of age attending centres, for first time, of the total live births | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | (92.03 | ||||||