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Infant Welfare Centres.
Total number of children who first attended the Centres during
the year, and who, on the date of their first attendance were;
Under one year of. age 950
Between the ages of one and five 96,
Total number of children under 5 years of age who attended
at the Centres during the year and who, at the end of the year
were:
Under one year of age 1015
Over one year 2016
Total number of attendances at Centres during the year:
By children under one year of age 15550
By children between one and five years 7357
A total of 1,009 Toddlers attended the Welfare Centres during
1949 for a yearly examination.
Midwifery Service.
Domiciliary Midwifery was performed as in previous years by
the Midwives of Queen Charlotte's Hospital.
During 1949, 330 women were recommended for admission to
Central Middlesex County Hospital for their confinements and the
bulk of these were accepted.
Ante-Natal Clinics.
Four Ante-Natal clinics were held weekly at Avenue Road
and a fifth session was held at the new Palmerston Road clinic.
Number of new cases attending Clinics during year 1066
Total number of attendances made 3849
Average number attending weekly (5 clinics) 74
The arrangements made by women for their confinements are
tabulated below: —
%
Confined in Central Middlesex County Hospital 38.8
Confined in Queen Charlotte's Hospital 17.3
Confined in other Hospitals 5.6
Confined in Nursing Homes 5.6
Confined at home (Queen Charlotte's Midwives attending)
32.1
Private Doctors and Midwives 5