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CARE OF MOTHERS AND YOUNG CHILDREN
New Premises.
A new combined Maternity and Child Welfare Centre and School
Treatment Centre, Walmer Road, W.ll. was opened on 5th September, 1966,
and replaced two separate centres - Bramley House Welfare Centre,
Bramley Road, W. 10. and Notting Dale School Treatment Centre, 1B & 1C
Kenley Street, W.ll - which were in premises originally designed for
housing purposes. The old premises have now been converted back again by
the Housing Committee into housing units.
The new premises form part of a block of flats, which is the
property of the Greater London Council. The Maternity and Child Welfare
Centre is situated on the ground floor of the building and on the first
floor is situated the School Treatment Centre, which is the
responsibility of the Inner London Education Authority.
A caretaker's flat is provided on the second floor of the building.
Maternity and Child Welfare.
During 1966, there were 3,454 notified births in the borough compared
with 3,737 in 1965, and of these, 3,202 (or 93%) took place in hospital
as against 91% inl965. These figures reflect the small decrease in the
birth rate which has been observed throughout the country generally and
the increasing tendency for women to seek hospital confinements.
1966 1965
Ante-natal and post-natal clinics:
Total number of sessions 779 908
Total attendances 4,722 5,876
Number of women attending during year -
Ante-natal 1,340 1,553
Post-natal 23 20
Child Welfare clinics:
Total number of sessions
(infant welfare and toddlers) 1,401 1,462
Total attendances 29,913 32,660
Number of children attending during year -
Bom in 1966 2,540 2,707
Born in 1961/65 4,252 3,986
Total attendances at special
Toddlers Clinics 2,976 2,852
In line with the falling birth rate, there has also been a reduction
in the number of women attending the Council's ante-natal clinics and,
at two centres where attendances were well below the average, the weekly
numbers of sessions were reduced.
Total attendances at child welfare clinics fell in 1966, probably
because of the fewer children who are in their first year of life, when
visits are most frequently made, but there was a small increase in the
number of children over one year who attended the centres and a small
increase in attendances at special toddlers clinics.