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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 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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

(t) Infant Welfare Cliiiics.—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 sessions102100100155102559
No. of attendances of children under 1 year:—
(a) New Cases1821281983122411,056
(b) Old Cases2,2481,5851,9064,2054,05514,059
No. of attendances of child: en 1-5 years of age :—
(a) New Cases532495187161520
(b) Old Cases1,8191,2791,6794,4265,04514,248
Average No. of attendances per session423039589353
No. of sessions attended by Medical Officers102100100155102559
Average No. of children seen by Medical Officer per session201617222820
No. of children seen by Medical Officer other than at above sessions
(a) New Cases273——822—1,095
(b) Old Cases290——607—906

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The total attendances during the year were 29,883 as compared with 26,826
in 1935.
The information which is brought out by this table is that there were 1,056
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 1,195 which means
that approximately 88 per cent, of the children born in Barking attended at your
centres.

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

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

No. of half-days devoted to visiting1,495
No. of ante-natal visits :—
First visits239
Subsequent visits118
No. of first visits to children under 1 year1,399
No. of subsequent visits to children under 1 year :—
(a) Attending a Centre587
(b) Not attending a Centre3,942
No. of visits to children 1 to 5 years of age :—
(a) No. of visits6,494
(b) No. of children seen8,403