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Extractions with gas
„ without gas
Fillings
Scalings
Impressions, fitting dentures, &c.
Examinations, &c.
Attendances of
Mothers.
Children.
38
3
47
16
77
62
8
4
41
–
3
12
Observation day-nursery for children who need special care : there were 1,628 daily
attendances in 1922, of which 725 were made by 32 children under a year old, and 903 by
23 children over a year old.
Cheap dinners for mothers and children: 2,114 dinners were served to 61 mothers in
1922 and 1,491 to young children of these mothers.
At the classes for mothers in 1922 there were 673 attendances at the classes on infant
care, 270 at the ante-natal classes, and 321 at the knitting and 312 at the needlework classes
In addition to the six weekly consultations held by the Council's medical officers, three
consultations per month for children from 2 to 5 years old have been held by the medical
officers voluntarily: there were 29 such consultations in 1922.
Chalton Street Centre.
There were 969 attendances at the classes during the year. Older children were seen at
the ordinary infant consultations.
North St. Pancras School for Mothers, Queen''s Crescent.
Young mothers' health talks were held twice a month, 557 attendances being made.
During the year 16 of the infant consultations were set apart for children from 1 to 5 years old.
A special monthly consultation (voluntary) was started in November and held twice in 1922.
South Highgate Centre.
A needlework class was started on 10th October, and 46 attendances were made before
the end of the year. The older children (2-5) were seen on two of the consultations each month.
Grafton Road Centre.
Owing to the great pressure of work an assistant health visitor has been appointed by
the Borough Council for this centre. She began work on 2nd February, 1923. Previously the
superintendent had no permanent assistant. A third weekly consultation was instituted at the
centre on 9th November. No classes have been held.
Camden Town Centre.
Special consultations for children 2 to 5 years old were held once a month from March,
and 184 attendances were made before the end of the year. A sewing class was held once a
week at which 305 attendances were made in the year.
A branch centre has been started in the schoolroom premises of the Baptist Church,
Berkeley Road, Regent's Park, to serve the needs of the somewhat isolated area enclosed by
Regent's Park Road and Gloucester Road. The weekly consultations for infants began on
21st February, 1923. The work is looked after by the staff and committee of the Camden Town
Centre, though most of the visiting is being done for the present by one of the Town Hall visitors.
The rental and the fees of the medical officer are paid by the Borough Council.