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Finsbury 1923

Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1923

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Tuesday ... Talks to Mothers, 3 p.m. to 3.30 p.m.
Sewing Class, 2.30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Wednesday... Post-Natal clinic and Weighing Centre,
10.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. ; and 2 p.m.
to 5 p.m.
Clothing Club, 2.30 p.m.
Friday post Natal clinic and Weighing Centre,
10.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. ; and 2 p.m. to
5 p.m.
Clothing Club 2.30 p.m.
Numbers of individual mothers, children and infants who
have attended clinics and classes :—
Mothers, nursing 266
expectant 80
of children 1—5 years 46
Children 1—5 years 421
Infants under 1 year 454
Total number 1,267
Post-Natal Clinic.—In 1923 the number of meetings was
176. The patients who attended were:—Children, 1—5 years,
396; infants under 1 year, 454; the attendances were, children
1—5 years, 2,454; infants, 3,397.
Average attendances per clinic:—Children 14, infants 19.
Mothers Clinic.—In 1923 the number of meetings was 35;
the patients were :—Nursing mothers 180, expectant mothers 74.
The attendances were :—Nursing mothers 397, expectant m'others
169. Average attendances :—Nursing mothers 11, expectant
mothers 5.
Dental Clinic.—The number of clinics was 32. The patients
were :—Nursing mothers 51, expectant mothers 6, mothers of
children under 5 years 26, children 1 to 5 years 25. The attendances
were :—Nursing mothers 156, expectant mothers 15,
mothers of children under 5 years 70, children 30. Average
attendance at a clinic 8.