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Leyton 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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110
MATERNITY AND CHILD
WELFARE.
INFANT WELFARE.

Notification of Births.—Thirteen hundred and fifty-eight notifications of births were received during the year.

By medical practitioners340
By mid wives1,017
By parents and others1

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. HawkeyLeyton Green1918
Mrs. WagstaffLeyton Green1924
Mrs. E. CarterLeyton Green1929
Mrs. E. GartonLeyton Green1933
Mrs. V. SoftleyLeyton Green1933
Mrs. D. JacobsLeyton Green1934
Miss M. GrantLeyton Green1934
Miss H. S. HollPark House1927
MissE. H. HollPark House1927
Mrs. J. OatesPark House1929
Miss MuddimanPark House1934

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.