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54 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Each Centre has a Medical Officer, who attends at each
Infant or Ante-natal Clinic, together with a trained Superintendent
who visits the homes of children and expectant mothers
in addition to her duties at the clinics. The voluntary workers
at all the Centres continue to render valuable assistance at the
sessions and carry out all the work connected with the keeping
of records, and the purchase and sale of food, drugs and clothing.
They do no visiting.
The total number of new infants seen at the Centres during
1926 was 2,619, compared with 2,401 for the previous year, and
the total attendances were 45,141. The number of visits paid
by the Superintendents to infants increased from 12,677 in 1925,
to 13,078 in 1926.
Eight of the 11 Centres have ante-natal clinics and 549 cases
were examined at these clinics, compared with 629 in 1925.
The following is a list of the Welfare Centres in the Borough,
together with the hours at which the clinics are held