Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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(b) Statistics
(1) Infant Welfare Centres
Total No. of children who first attended during
the year and who on the date of their first
attendance were:Under
1 year of age 663
1-5 years of age 56
Total No. of children who attended and who at
the end of the year were:Under
1 year of age 606
1-5 years of age 875
Total attendances by children:-
Under 1 year of age 6,395
1-5 years of age 1,658
(2) Ante-natal and Post-natal clinics
Ante-natal consultations:-
No. of women who attended for the first time 409
No. of women who attended 513
Total attendances 2,331
Post-natal consultations:-
No. of women who attended 26
(3) Health Visitors
No. of infants under one year of age visited
for the first time 873
Total visits to infants under 1 year of age 5,882
Total visits to children 1 to 5 years of age 9,l8l
No. of expectant mothers visited 425
Total visits to expectant mothers 701
(4) Infant Life Protection
No. on register, 1st. January, 1953
Poster mothers 2
Foster children 1
No. on register, 31st December, 1953
Foster mothers 1
Foster children 1