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MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE CONSULTATIONS.
There are 18 Maternity and Child Welfare Centres, 17 of
which are conducted by the Croydon Mothers' and Infants' Welfare
Association, and 1 by the Local Authority. A total of 22 sessions
per week are held and at all of these a doctor and a nurse on the
staff of the Health Department attend. A new Clinic was opened
at Addington during the year.
During 1938, 2,692 new cases under 1 year of age, and 1,097
over a year of age attended for the first time; this is an increase
of 246 in the first class and 185 in the second class. The total
attendances of infants and young children from 0—5 years increased
from 79,851 in 1937 to 88,168 in 1938. Consultations with doctors
increased in numbers from 23,024 to 24,548. 111 expectant mothers
were seen, an increase of 10 on 1937, and a total of 615 visits to
the Centres were paid by them. The total of all visits to the
Centres was 88,783, an increase of 8,154 compared with 1937.
The highest average attendance of mothers and babies at each
session was recorded at Municipal (105.5), South Croydon and St.
Paul's (103.1), and Woodside (96.1).