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Ealing 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]

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Assistance Given.
Foods supplied at cost price : (1935) (1936)
Dried milk (Value) £552 £679
Virol ( „ ) £103 £121
Cod liver oil ( „ ) £234 £323
Aid provided for mothers at confinement :
Midwife provided 78 66
Home help provided 16 15
Accouchement set provided 79 63
Consultant's fee paid 9 5
Medical fees paid (doctor summoned by
midwife under Midwives Acts) 138 144
Number of orders issued granting a supply of milk,
free of charge, for a period of 28 days :
For expectant or nursing mothers 953 856
For children under five years of age 1,571 1,546
Attendances at the Health Centres, 1936.
Mattock
I.ane
Ch'gton
House
Ravenor
Park
Perivale
Greenf'd
Green
Islips
Manor
Number of sessions
for mothers
101
100
101
19
17
53
Ante-natal attendances
1,285
1,321
1,630
252
284
238
Post-natal attendances
104
125
117
33
25
25
Average attendance
per session
14
14
17
15
18
5
Number of sessions
for children
153
149
177
32
36
53
Number of children
attending for
first time
710
648
900
182
238
176
Total attendances
made by children
9,115
8,555
10,881
1,943
2,348
2,482
A verage attendance
per session
60
57
62
61
65
47
Number of children
seen by doctor
2,807
2,720
3,744
678
945
893
Average number
seen per session
18
18
21
19
26
17