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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

Hendon 1945

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]

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7.
maternity and child WELFARE.
HEALTH VISITING.
Staff. The number of Health Visitors employed by the Council is 17.
Approximately one half of their tine is devoted to the care of expectant
and nursing mothers and the welfare of children under 5 years of age, the
rest being devoted to the work of the School Health Services.
Infant Welfare. The visiting of infants in their own hones and the
education of their mothers in infant nurture should be the miainspring of
the Maternity and Child Welfare effort.

Table: During the year the Health Visitors paid the following number of visits:-

During the year the Health Visitors paid the following number of visits:-

To expectant mothersFirst Visits Total Visits9851371
To Children under 1 year.First Visits Total Visits18305563
To Children between ages of 1 & 5 yearsTotal Visits6266
TOTAL13200

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maternity & child welfare centres.
The number of Maternity and Child Welfare Centres remains the saue as
last year, viz, 11, Five are carried on. in ad hoc premises, at Central
Hendon, Child's Hill, Mill Hill, Watling and West Hendon. Of the remaining
six, five are held in Church premises rented for the purpose - Broadfields,
Colindale, Edgware, Holders Hill and Temple Fortune, while the Woodside Park
Centre is held at Frith Manor School.
During the year it was found necessary to establish an additional
session per week at the . ill Hill Centre.