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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

Barking 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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Table: (t) Infant Welfare Clinics.—The following table shows the work carried out at your various Infant Welfare Clinics during the year :—

(t) Infant Welfare Clinics.—The following table shows the work carried out at your various Infant Welfare Clinics during the year :—

Central.Great-fields.Alexandra.Woodward.Porters Avenue.Totals.
No. of sessions104999910470476
No. of attendances of children under 1 year:—
(a) New Cases2051381983282211,090
(6) Old Cases2,9002,0522,2084,1893,26614,681
No. of attendances of children 1-5 years of age :—
(a) New Cases552788204157531
(b) Old Cases1,6771,0991,4943,3682,88610,524
Average No. of attendances per session473341789356
No. of sessions attended by Medical Officers104999910470476
No. of children seen by Medical Officer other than at above sessions :—
(a) New Cases276——619—895
(6) Old Cases828——1,804—2,632
Average No. of children seen by Medical Officer per session201718242721

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The total attendances during the year were 26,826 as compared with 20,652
in 1934.
The information which is brought out by this table is that there were 1,090
individual children (new cases), under the age of one year, who attended your clinics.
You will remember that the total number of live births was 1,226 which means
that approximately 88 per cent, of the children born in Barking attended at your
centres.

Table: (u) Home Visiting. — lhe home visits carried out by your Health Visitors are shown in detail in the following table :—-

(u) Home Visiting. — lhe home visits carried out by your Health Visitors are shown in detail in the following table :—-

No. of half-days devoted to visiting1,683
No. of ante-natal visits :—
First visits277
Subsequent visits102
No. of first visits to children under 1 year1,625
No. of subsequent visits to children under 1 year :—
(a) Attending a Centre456
(b) Not attending a Centre5,061
No. of visits to children 1 to 5 years of age :—
(a) No. of visits7,553
(b) No. of children seen9,565