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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Acton 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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TABLE 8.
INFANT WELFARE CENTRES, 1937.
| Number of Centres provided and maintained by the Council | 4 |
| Total number of attendances at all centres during the year:— | |
| 10,686 | |
| (b) by children between 1 and 5 years of age | 6,676 |
| Average attendance of children per session | 43 |
| Number of children who attended for the first time during the year:— | |
| (a) under 1 year of age | 629 |
| (b) between 1 and 5 years of age | 146 |
| Percentage of notified live births represented by number of children who attended a centre for the first time during the year | 73% |
| Children treated at Dental Clinic | 96 |
| Children treated at Ophthalmic Clinic | 22 |
| Mothers treated at Ophthalmic Clinic | 2 |
| Children operated on for enlarged tonsils and adenoids | — |
| Children operated on with X-Ray for Ringworm | – |
TABLE 9.
ANTE-NATAL CLINIC.
| Number of Expectant Mothers who attended | 209 |
| Number of attendances made by Expectant Mothers | 448 |
| Mothers referred for Dental treatment at the Clinic | 79 |
| Mothers supplied with Dentures | 31 |
| Expectant Mothers to whom Dried Milk was supplied free | 21 |
| Number of packets of Dried Milk supplied free | 1133 |
form 10.
INQUESTS.
Suicide 8
Struck by motor vehicle 8
Collision between pedal cycle
and motor vehicle 2
Collision with lamp-post 1
Fracture of skull—result of
a blow 1