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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
Romford 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]
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The Principal Regional Medical Officer of the Ministry of
Health at Cambridge has very kindly supplied me, periodically,
with statistics, relative to the take-up of the various preparations,
and the average for Romford bears very favourable comparison with
that for England as a whole.
Regarding the provision of Dried Milk and other preparations,
not within the scheme of the Ministry of Food, there were 46 applications
received during the year, and all these received free grants,
in accordance with the scale of the Council.
During 1945, 349 Child Welfare Sessions were held, and the
following table gives a summary of the attendances.
TABLE 8.
| Individual children attending | 2,284 |
| Children attending for the first time | 968 |
| Medical consultations | 6,443 |
| Attendances of children under one year | 12,258 |
| Attendances of children between the ages of one and five years | 4,631 |
| Average attendance per session | 48.4 |
Table 9 relates to the Home Visits paid by the Health Visitors TABLE 9.
| (a) Expectant Mothers. | |
|---|---|
| First Visits | 156 |
| Total Visits | 206 |
| (b) Children under One Year of age. | |
| First Visits | 1,017 |
| Total Visits | 2,724 |
| (c) Children between the Ages of 1 and 5 years. | |
| Total Visits | 4,945 |
(iii) Child Life Protection.
In Romford, each Health Visitor also holds the appointment of
Child Protection Visitor under Sections 206 to 220 of the Public
Health Act, 1936.
TABLE 10.
| (a) Number of persons who were receiving children for reward at the end of the year | 25 |
| (b) Number of Children:— | |
| (1) At the end of the year | 31 |
| (2) Who died during the year | 0 |
| (3) On whom inquests were held during the year | 0 |