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Report to Medical Officer of Health of
Miss A. E. Hall, Chief Health Visitor.
Public Health Offices,
Bow Road, E. 3.
January 3rd, 1921.
Sir,
I beg to present the thirteenth Annual Report of the work of the
Maternity and Child Welfare Department—quite the most strenuousyear
we have known.
In January, an additional Health Visitor was appointed for the
Bow District, and you approved the introduction of new " Daily Diaries "
for Health Visitors.
In April, a Dental Clinic was opened at Old Ford, sessions every
Wednesday, 10—12 a.m., and a Clinic at Allanmouth Road, sessions
every Monday 11 a.m.—1 p.m. (infant consultations); 2—4 p.m. (treatment
minor ailments and ante-natal). In that month the Council also
accepted responsibility for the work previously undertaken by the
Poplar Infant Welfare Association, i.e., home visiting south of the first
bridges, with Clinics at Christ Church Schools, sessions every Thursday
and Friday 2—4 p.m. (infant consultations), and at 54, West Ferry Road,
sessions every Wednesday 2—4 p.m. (infant consultations), first Monday
in the month 2—4 p.m. (ante-natal), and a Sewing Class every Monday
2—4 p.m. The Sewing Class at Old Ford was reopened in September.
Later the Royal College of St. Katharine intimated that they were
unable to continue the work south of East India Dock Road. The
Council appointed an additional Health Visitor ; the home visiting was
taken over on October 1st, and a Clinic opened at St. Joseph's Institute,
Shirbutt Street, December 1st, sessions every Wednesday 2—4 p.m.
(infant consultations).
The visiting areas now are:—
The Royal College of St. Katharine.
All the work between East India Dock Road and Bow Road.
The Poplar Borough Council.
All the work north of Bow Road, and south of East India Dock
Road.
The abnormal increase in the attendances at Old Ford (6,645, as
against 3,443) was entirely due to the Clinic being used as a distributing
centre for free milk ; the attendance is now normal. It is possible that
the attendances at other Clinics were also affected, but in a smaller
degree, as the figures given are only for nine months.