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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.
Total number of children who attended at the Centres for
the first time 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.
Total number of children 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) Between the ages of 1 and 5 years—970 (including
Toddlers).
*The 606 children under 1 year of age who attended at the Centres represent
61 per cent, of the notified live births.
Toddlers' Clinic.
Weekly toddlers' sessions are held alternatively on either side of
the Borough. Dr. Ruth Balmer is the Medical Officer in attendance
at the Clinic.
The average attendance per session during 1937 was:
27, Pond Street, 22.
Health Institute, 28.
The children attending the Toddlers' Clinic consist of:—
(1) " Special Children "—referred by the Borough Council.
(2) " Other Children"—referred by Health Visitors, Voluntary
Workers, Parents, Re-visits of " Special Children,"
etc.
" Special Children."
The parents of every child approaching the age of three years
receive a special invitation from this Department to bring the child
to the Toddlers' Clinic for a routine examination. The health visitor
delivers the letter of invitation, and at the same time uses her
inlluence in persuading the mother to accept the invitation. The