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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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| Central. | Great-fields. | Alexandra. | Woodward. | Porters Avenue. | Totals. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of sessions | 102 | 100 | 100 | 154 | 151 | 607 |
| No. of attendances of children under 1 year:— | 297 | 145 | 94 | 255 | 302 | 1,093 |
| (b) Old Cases | 4,413 | 2,032 | 1,688 | 4,455 | 4,972 | 17,560 |
| No. of attendances of children 1-5 years of age:— | 32 | 38 | 18 | 178 | 149 | 415 |
| 1,986 | 1,455 | 1,881 | 6,130 | 7,405 | 18,857 | |
| Average No. of attendances per session ... | 66 | 37 | 37 | 72 | 85 | 62 |
| No. of sessions attended by Medical Officers | 102 | 100 | 100 | 154 | 150 | 606 |
| Average No. of children seen by Medical Officer per session | 24 | 18 | 17 | 23 | 22 | 21 |
| No. of children seen by Medical Officer other than at above sessions :— | 397 | - | - | 738 | 428 | 1,563 |
| (b) Old Cases | 322 | — | - | 654 | 762 | 1,738 |
The total attendances during the year were 37,925
as compared with 34,502 in 1937.
The information which is brought out by this table
is that there were 1,093 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 1,113 which means that approximately 98 per cent.
of the children born in Barking attended at your centres.
The number of mothers attending regularly at the
Infant Welfare Centres is on the increase and full
advantage is taken of all the facilities provided. It has
always been the practice for the medical officer to see