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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Paddington 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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SUMMARY FOR YEAR. INFANT CONSULTATIONS.
| No. of Sessions | Attendances | Seen by Doctor | |||
| Total | Average | Total | Average | ||
| Welfare Centre, 283a, Harrow Road. | |||||
| Monday | 48 | 3,295 | 68.7 | 968 | 20.2 |
| Tuesday | 51 | 3,445 | 67 .5 | 996 | 19.5 |
| Thursday | 52 | 4,078 | 78.4 | 1,118 | 21.5 |
| Friday * | 14 | 449 | 32.1 | 173 | 12.3 |
| Dibdin House. | |||||
| Monday | 48 | 2,460 | 51.3 | 702 | 14.6 |
| Congregational Hall. | |||||
| Tuesday | 50 | 2,814 | 56.3 | 798 | 16.0 |
| St. Simon's Vicarage. | |||||
| Wednesday | 52 | 2,877 | 55.3 | 946 | 18.2 |
| Thursday ** | 14 | 449 | 32.1 | 148 | 10.6 |
| St. David's Hall. | |||||
| Friday | 52 | 2,948 | 56.7 | 1,038 | 20.0 |
| Total | 381 | 22,815 | 59.9 | 6,887 | 18.1 |
| * Commenced 28th September. ** " 27th | |||||
Of the 1,732 children who attended the Centres for the first time during the year, 1,362 were under the age of
one year and 370 between the ages of one and five years at the date of their first attendance.
The total number of children attending the consultations was 3,029, of whom 1,140 were under the age of one
year, and 1,889 between the ages of one and five years at the end of the year.