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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
Dagenham 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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Foster Mothers.
| (1) | Number on register, 31st December, 1931 | 39 |
| (2) | Number of additions during year | 11 |
| (3) | Number taken off during year | 12 |
| (4) | Number on register, 31st December, 1932 | 38 |
Maternity Homes.
There are 110 Nursing or Maternity Homes in the district.
Assisted Milk Scheme.
The expenditure incurred by the Council under the assisted milk scheme for the vear was:—
| £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (a) For ordinary milk | 1,970 | 17 | 4 |
| (b) For dried milk | 373 | 9 | 3 |
The alteration for the worse in the financial circumstances of
the local residents is shown by the increased expenditure under
this scheme, the total cost for 1932 being £1,276. This increase
occurred in spite of the scale on which assistance is granted not being
changed, and there being no very large increase in the numbers
of the clinic attendances.
Education.
A number of educational pamphlets are handed out individually
from the Infant Welfare Centres and the Medical Officer of
Healt h has given a number of lectures and talks during the year to
various guilds and leagues. A grant of £5 was made towards the
expenses of a series of lectures on hygiene. At the Becontree Clinic
a showcase has been fitted up to contain model garments, and a
series of leaflets prepared containing instructions for the making
of similar articles.
A Study of the Nutrition of the Becontree Child.
This investigation was carried out to determine how the
Becontree-born child compares physically with the comparable
London child. The figures made use of in the study are those
heights and weights abstracted from the records of the children a
the time of the routine school medical examination. As there were