[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking] page 77

Barking 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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64. WORK OF THE HEALTH VISITORS AND THE INFANT CLINICS.

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An analysis of the attendance at the Infant Welfare Centres is given in the following table:—

Infant Welfare Centres.	Clinic Premises.	Alex. Centre.	Movers Lane.	St. Alban's.	Totals.
No. of sessions	103	99	99	104	405
No. of attendances of children under one year
(a) New cases	252	141	154	380	927
(b) old cases	2362	2195	1942	2493	8992
No. of attendances of children 1 to 5 years of age:—
(a) new cases	89	37	41	252	419
lb) old cases	1568	1456	929	1905	5858
Average number of attendances per session	41	39	31	48	40
No. of sessions attended by medical officers	103	97	96	104	400
No. of children seen by medical officers:—
(a) Under one year	1262	1113	1058	1149	4582
(6) Over one year	955	642	630	956	3183
Average number of children seen by medical officer per session	21	18	18	20	19

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The total attendances during the year were 16,196, as compared with 14,664
in 1931.

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Particulars of the home visits paid by the health visitors are given in the following table:—

No. of half-days devoted to visiting	1,275
No. of ante-natal visits:—
First visits	280
Subsequent visits	91
No. of first visits to children under one year	1,323
No. of subsequent visits to children under one year:—
(a) Attending a Centre	295
(b) Not attending a Centre	3,296
No. of visits to children 1 to 5 years of age:—
(a) No. of visits	5,304
(b) No. of children seen	8,782
No. of special visits in connection with Ophthalmia Neonatorum	10
Ditto Deaths of children up to 3 years of age	75
Ditto Still-births	27
Ditto Puerperal Sepsis and Puerperal Pyrexia	11
Other visits (re infectious diseases)	300
Total home visits of all kinds	11,012