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Report of the Medical Officer of Health
Maternity and Child Welfare Centres.
There are now 11 Infant Welfare Centres in the Borough.
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
1927 was 2,632, compared with 2,619 for the previous year,
and the total attendances were 47,819. The number of visits
paid by the Superintendents to infants increased to 15,482
in 1927.
Eight of the 11 Centres have ante-natal clinics and 582
cases were examined at these clinics, compared with 549 in
1926.
The following is a list of the Welfare Centres in the
Borough, together with the hours at which the clinics are
held