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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

Greenwich 1922

The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1922

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5.—Number of houses not complying with the Building
By-Laws erected with consent of Local Authority
under section 25 of the Housing, Town Planning, etc.,
Act, 1919 Nil
6.—Staff engaged on Housing work with, briefly, the duties
of each officer.—No special staff employed. Duties
carried out by Medical Officer of Health and four
District Sanitary Inspectors and one lady Sanitary
Tnspector
SECTION 10.
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
The Council's Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme, as outlined
in my Report for the year 1921, has, generally speaking, continued
on similar lines during the year under review. In May, however,
Miss Buckton, one of the Health Visitors, resigned and, as the
Council decided not to fill her place, it was necessary to alter slightly
the Health Visitors' Districts.

Table: Up to May, 1922, seven Infant Consultations were held weekly, three of which, on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, took place at the Borough Hall. The vacancy caused by Miss Buckton's resignation necessitated the withdrawal of one of these Consulta-tions, which have since been held as follows:—

Up to May, 1922, seven Infant Consultations were held weekly, three of which, on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, took place at the Borough Hall. The vacancy caused by Miss Buckton's resignation necessitated the withdrawal of one of these Consulta-tions, which have since been held as follows:—

Health Visitor in Charge.Centre.Day.Remarks.
Miss Hadfield.Conduit HouseMondayAttended also by mothers living in Woolwich Rd. and Northwards. (Miss Bailey's District.)
Miss JagotBorough HallTuesday—
Mrs. MorisonConduit HouseWednesday—
Miss MolloyBorough HallThursday—
Miss FoleyAlbany InstituteThursday—
Miss BaileyShooters Hill RoadFriday—

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In addition to the above, Ante-Natal Clinics have been held
at the Borough Hall on Tuesday and Thursday mornings throughout
the year, the attendances showing a slight increase over those for the