London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Barking 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
This page requires JavaScript
Infant Welfare Centres (continued)
Centre Frequency of Sessions When Held
Rush Green Clinic, Weekly Friday p.m.
179 Dagenham Road,
Dagenham.
Thames View Clinic, Weekly Wednesday and
Bastable Avenue, Friday p.m.
Barking.
The Clinic, Weekly Tuesday p.m.
Thompson Road, Friday a.m.
Dagenham.
Upney Clinic, Weekly Wednesday and
Upney Lane, Friday p.m.
Barking.
Welfare foods and nutrients are sold at these centres during infant welfare
sessions and also at Central Clinic on Wednesday afternoons and Thursday mornings,
and at the Thompson Road Clinic on Monday mornings and Thursday afternoons.
During the year, the following amounts of welfare foods were issued:-
National Dried Milk 24,883 tins
Cod Liver Oil 3,169 bottles
Vitamin A and D Tablets 2,070 packets of 20
Orange Juice 38,696 bottles
DAY NURSERY SERVICE
The average daily attendances and numbers on registers are shown below for each month of 1967:-
| Month | Goresbrook | Annie Prendergast | Eastbury | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Daily Attendance | No. on Register | Average Daily Attendance | No. on Register | Average Daily Attendance | No. on Register | |
| January | 27.5 | 42 | 24.9 | 34 | 20.2 | 45 |
| February | 26.6 | 36 | 25.1 | 31 | 34.1 | 45 |
| March | 30.7 | 33 | 27.7 | 31 | 32.2 | 39 |
| April | 29.05 | 33 | 28.1 | 33 | 32.9 | 38 |
| May | 32 | 26.6 | 34 | 31.6 | 36 | |
| June | 26.8 | 33 | 29.9 | 33 | 26.1 | 36 |
| July | 25.5 | 36 | 25.5 | 36 | 29.9 | 36 |
| August | 22.0 | 35 | 22.3 | 32 | 20.1 | 34 |
| September | 29.1 | 34 | 26.2 | 33 | 30.9 | 38 |
| October | 32.2 | 38 | 31.9 | 39 | 34.7 | 44 |
| November | 28.7 | 39 | 33.7 | 38 | 34.3 | 45 |
| December | 26.0 | 36 | 29.2 | 34 | 36.3 | 43 |