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66 Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1936.
Table XXX. gives the full details of the work carried out
at the 12 centres in the Borough.
3,193 new infants were examined during the year and the
total attendances were 62,982.
The visits made by the Superintendents of the three Centres
where those officers are appointed by the Centre Committees
were 1,666 to children under 1 year, 1,622 to children from 1
to 2 years and 431 to children from 2-5 years of age.
At nine of the twelve Infant Welfare Centres ante-natal clinics
are held and there are also four ante-natal clinics held weekly
at the Council's Maternity Home for women who have booked for
admission to the Home. Table XXXI. gives the details of the work
carried out at all the ante-natal clinics. 1014 expectant mothers
attended the clinics and the total number of attendances was 5731.