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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
Beckenham 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]
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Nursing Mothers and Infants.
Supervision was carried out at the Infant Welfare Centres and by
visits to the homes made by the Health Visitors who are now County
staff.
There were seven Infant Welfare Centres in the Borough and during
the period 9 sessions were held each week. A Medical Officer attended
each centre weekly. The situations and other particulars of the Centre
appear in the Table of Local Clinic Services.
INFANT WELFARE CENTRE ATTENDANCES, 1951.
(a) The number of Sessions held during the year was 460.
(b) Attendances during the same period 23,455.
Diphtheria Immunisation.
All the Infant Welfare Clinics in the Borough carry out Diphtheria
Immunisation.
(a) The number of Sessions held during the year was 318.
(b) Attendances during the same period 1,574.
Smallpox Vaccination.
(a) The number of Sessions held during the year was 318.
(b) Number of Vaccinations was 398.
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