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Hampstead 1938

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

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(c) Number of visits paid during the year by all Health Visitors:—

(i) to expectant mothers
†First visits518
Total visits1,276
(ii) to children under 1 year of age.
†First visits876
Total visits5,014
(iii) to children between the ages of 1 and 5 years.
Total visits7,392

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:—9.
(c) Total number of attendances at all Centres during the
year:—
(i) by children under 1 year of age, 11,376.
(ii) by children between the ages of 1 and 5 years,
6,958.
(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, *669.
(ii) between the ages of 1 and 5 years, 144.
(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, 544.
(ii) over 1 year of age, 1,110.
1 .Excluding cases which are known to have previously been visited in another district and
cases visited during the previous year.
Excluding children who are known to have previously attended a Centre in another district.