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etc., Clinic, which was opened in 1928, is also held at Salisbury Street. Here in
addition there is a Light Clinic and a massage clinic which were established in
1927, and are open on two days per week.
The following statements contain so much information with regard to the
scheme and the work done that they will probably be found useful. Both are
required to be made by the Ministry of Health, the first to show the arrangements
made for maternity and child welfare by the Council and by Voluntary Associations
providing maternity and child welfare services in respect of which the Council pay
contributions under Section 101 of the Local Government Act, 1929, or otherwise;
and the second to give particulars of the work done during the year 1930.
1.
Statement Showing Arrangements Made for Maternity and
Child Welfare.
1. Population of the area served by the Council, 102,400.
2. Number of births notified in that area during the year under the
tion of Births Act, 1907: (a) Live births, 3,325; (b) Still births, 205;
(c) Total, 3,530*; (d) By midwives, 523; (e) By doctors and parents, 167.
3. Health Visiting.
(i) Number of officers employed for health visiting at the end of the
year: (a) by the Council, 6; (b) by Voluntary Associations, 2.
(ii) If any of the Health Visitors are engaged on other work during part
of their time, state the equivalent of whole-time services devoted by
the whole staff to health visiting:—(a) in the case of Health Visitors
employed by the Council, 5; (b) in the case of Health Visitors
employed by Voluntary Associations, 1.
(iii) Number of visits paid during the year by all Health Visitors:—(a)
To expectant mothers, first visits, 365; total visits, 491. (b) To
children under 1 year of age, first visits, 1,082; total visits, 5,159.
(c) To children between the ages of 1 and 5 years, total visits, 3,402.
4. Infant Welfare Centres.
(a) Number of Centres provided and maintained by the Council, nil.
(b) Number of Centres provided and maintained by Voluntary Associations,
7.
(c) Total number of attendances at all Centres during the year: (i) By
children under 2 years of age, 19,009; (ii) By children between the
ages of 2 and 5 years, 8,789.
(d) Average attendance of children per session at all Centres during the
year, 20.
(e) Total number of children who attended at the Centres for the first
time during the year: (i) Children under 1 year of age, 966; (ii)
Children between the ages of 1 and 5 years, 210.
(f) Percentage of total notified births represented by the number in (e) (i),
66.6 (corrected number of births notified, 1,450).
5. Ante-natal clinics (whether held at Infant Welfare Centres or at other
premises):—
(a) Number of Clinics provided and maintained by the Council, nil.
(b) Number of Clinics provided and maintained by Voluntary Associations,
5.
(c) Total number of attendances by expectant mothers at all Clinics
during the year, 18,547.*
(d) Average attendance of expectant mothers per session at all Clinics
during the year, 36.*
(e) Total number of expectant mothers who attended at the Clinics during
the year, 4,464.*
(f) Percentage of total notified births represented by the number in (e)
126.*
*These figures refer to all births notified in the Borough, including
Queen Charlotte's Hospital and Middlesex Hospital, and not to
residents only.