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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
other Centres, or, having reached school age, to the London County
Council. The number of attendances during the year was 2,493,
an average of 48.8 for 51 weeks. Here also a number of antenatal
cases were seen by the doctor and visited in their homes.
It was decided to accept the offer of the American Red Cross to
finance an ante-natal clinic, and in future the ante-natal work
and infant welfare work will be conducted separately.
Health lectures were given every Thursday, except during the
Influenza epidemic, and on one or two occasions when a lecturer
was unable to attend. The superintendent holds a class every
Tuesday to instruct mothers in First Aid.
At the Putney Centre, 104, Felsham Road, the number on
the register at the end of 1918 was 446 ; new cases numbered
121; six children died, 16 removed, and five were transferred to
other Centres, or, having reached school age, to the London County
Council.
The number of attendances during the year was 1,627, an
average of 3.26 for 50 weeks. A course of 10 health lectures, and
one special lecture, were given on Thursdays, and 24 health talks
were given on the day of the Clinic.
The Putney Centre co-operated with the London County
Council in opening on the 7th October, 1918, a Dental and Minor
Ailment Department, at 104, Felsham Road. Children attending
the Infant Welfare Centre are to be treated at a charge of one
shilling, which in necessitous cases may be reduced to one penny.
In 1919 the mothers on the Infant Welfare Register are also to
receive treatment in the form of fillings or extractions at a cost not
yet fixed. Later on it is hoped that dentures will be supplied to
them at hospital cost.
At the Streatham Centre, 37, Riggindale Road, the number
on the register at the end of 1918 was 400. New cases numbered
160 ; 10 children died, 31 removed, and three were transferred