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The total number of attendances made by the Health Visitors at the Centres
was 392. At the Municipal Centre, 4,830 attendances were made by a number
of mothers, including 48 expectant mothers, and 479 children, of whom, 265 were
under one year, 73 between one and two years old, and 141 aged 2-5 years on the
date of their first attendance. At the Mary Ward Centre 524 attendances of
Holborn mothers and children were made by 1 expectant mother and 57 children,
of whom 23 were under one year, 13 from one to two years, and 21 between two
and 5 years.
In addition to the Thursday afternoon classes for mothers during the combined
Health and National Baby Week a special address was arranged on Venereal
Diseases by Dr. Ruth Verney.
We have endeavoured to use pictures and mottoes dealing with health as
much as possible. The Health Visitors are to be congratulated on the interesting
and useful home-made posters they have designed. A set is being shown in the
Hygiene Exhibition at Wembley this year.
In addition to the health talk, assistance is given in the cutting out of
garments; patterns of the most suitable woven garments are given away, also
directions for making knitted garments and advice as to the choice of suitable
materials. Two hundred and eight hanks of wool of a superior quality obtained
from Wales were sold at cost price to the value of £10 19s. lid.
The maternity bags have been used during the year by five mothers.
An outing was arranged for 48 mothers, most of whom carried infants in arms,
and 28 older children below school age, during the summer to Boxmoor. The
costs of the fares of some of the mothers were defrayed in part from money
collected by private subscriptions.
Ante-natal Hygiene.
Enquiries were made of every mother as to her attendance at an Ante-natal
Centre immediately previous to the birth of the child visited.
Of the 495 about whom information was obtained—
31 attended the Ante-natal Clinic at the Council's Centre.
34 ,, ,, ,, Royal Free Hospital.
41 ,, ,, ,, Middlesex Hospital.
34 ,, ,, ,, Charing Cross Hospital.
12 ,, ,, ,, Myddelton Square Institution.
18 ,, ,, ,, University College Hospital.
18 ,, ,, ,, St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
10 ,, ,, ,, City of London Hospital.
6 ,, ,, ,, Queen Charlotte's Hospital.
12 ,, ,, ,, other Centres.
3 received ante-natal care from the doctor engaged to attend the
confinement.
So that 219 out of this number received recognised ante-natal care.