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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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At the close of the year weekly sessions were being held as
follows: —
CHILD WELFARE
Avenue Road Three sessions weekly, two with and
one without a doctor.
Cloister Road Two sessions weekly, one with and one
without a doctor.
Palmerston Road Two sessions weekly, one with and one
without a doctor.
Pierrepoint Road Three sessions, two with and one
without a doctor.
Steele Road Two sessions, one with and one
out a doctor.
Trinity Way Two sessions, both with a doctor.
ANTE-NATAL
Avenue Road One session weekly.
Cloister Road One session a fortnight.
Palmerston Road One session weekly.
Pierrepoint Road One session a fortnight.
Trinity Way One session a fortnight.
ANTE NATAL EXERCISES
Avenue Road Two sessions weekly.
The average attendances per session for the six Child Welfare
Clinics are given below, last year's figures being shown in brackets.
Avenue Road 3 sessions weekly 24.2 (22.8)
Trinity Way 2 sessions weekly 37.7 (33.7)
Cloister Road 2 sessions weekly 28 (29.0)
Palmerston Road 2 sessions weekly 28.7 (30.8)
Steele Road 2 sessions weekly 27.5 (28.4)
Pierrepoint Road 3 sessions weekly 34.9
CHILD WELFARE CLINICS
Total number of children who first attended the clinics during the
year, and who, on the date of their first attendance were:
Under one year of age 899
Between the ages of one and five 72