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Hampstead 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]

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(r) Number of visits paid during the year by all Health
Visitors:—
(i) to expectant mothers
†First visits 467
Total visits 1,139
†Excluding cases which are known to have previously been visited in another district and
cases visited during the previous year.
(ii) to children under 1 year of age.
†First visits 780
Total visits 4,921
(iii) to children between the ages of 1 and 5 years.
Total visits 7,305
†Excluding cases which are known to have previously been visited in another district and
cases visited during the previous year.
4. Infant Welfare Centres.
(a) Number of Centres provided and maintained by the
Council:—Nil.
(b) Number of Centres provided and maintained by Voluntary
Associations:—8.
(c) Total number of attendances at all Centres during the
year:—
(i) by children under 1 year of age, 9,788.
(ii) by children between the ages of 1 and 5 years,
5,429.
(d) Total number of children who first attended at the Centres
during the year and who, on the date of their first attendance,
were:—
(i) under 1 year of age, *606.
(ii) between the ages of 1 and 5 years, 123.
(e) Total number of children under 5 years of age who attended
at the Centres during the year and who, at the end of the
year were:—
(i) under 1 year of age, 501.
(ii) over 1 year of age, 970.