Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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MATERNITY AND CHILD
WELFARE.
INFANT WELFARE.
Notification of Births.—Thirteen hundred and fifty-eight notifications of births were received during the year.
By medical practitioners | 340 |
By mid wives | 1,017 |
By parents and others | 1 |
Voluntary Workers.
The following is a list of the ladies who act as Voluntary Workers at the maternity and child welfare centres :—
Name. | Centre. | Since. |
---|---|---|
Mrs. M. Hawkey | Leyton Green | 1918 |
Mrs. Wagstaff | Leyton Green | 1924 |
Mrs. E. Carter | Leyton Green | 1929 |
Mrs. E. Garton | Leyton Green | 1933 |
Mrs. V. Softley | Leyton Green | 1933 |
Mrs. D. Jacobs | Leyton Green | 1934 |
Miss M. Grant | Leyton Green | 1934 |
Miss H. S. Holl | Park House | 1927 |
MissE. H. Holl | Park House | 1927 |
Mrs. J. Oates | Park House | 1929 |
Miss Muddiman | Park House | 1934 |
Infant Welfare Clinics.
1. Park House Clinic, Granleigh Road, Leytonstone.—Mondays,
Tuesdays and Thursdays, at 1.45 p.m. Toddler's
Clinic, Tuesdays, 10 a.m.
2. Leyton Green Clinic, Leyton Green Road.—Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays, at 1.45 p.m. Toddlers Clinic,
Fridays, 10 a.m.
During the year under review, the total attendances at the
Council's Infant Welfare Centres were 16,220, a decrease of 150
compared with the figure (16,370) for the previous year. The
number of children examined by the Clinic Medical Officers was
6,323 as compared with 6,820 examined during; the previous vear.