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Wembley 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]

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Table: Already the residents of Wembley have proved ready to respond to the modern premises supplied by the Borough Council. For example:—

Already the residents of Wembley have proved ready to respond to the modern premises supplied by the Borough Council. For example:—

1936.1937.1938.
The number of attendances by children under one year of age22,55825,83131,567
The number of attendances at all the centres by children between the age of 1.5 years12,49916,80820,206

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THE NEED FOR MODERN CLINIC SERVICES
IN WEMBLEY.
The percentage of notified live births represented by the
number of children who first attended at the centres
during the year and who on the first attendance were
under one year of age in 1938 was 78.7. (In this figure
is excluded the number of children who were known to
have previously attended a centre in another district).
1936. 1937. 1938.
The number of attendances made by
women at the ante-natal clinics 1,160 2,046 3,877
Total number of women who
attended for the first time 479 615 953
Percentage of total notified births
(live and still) represented by the
total number of women who
attended the clinics for the first
time during the year 29.1% 36.3% 52.3%
Early in the development of the Council's clinic services the
Borough Council approached the County Council regarding the
probability of the usefulness of the Borough Council's clinics
to the County Council in relation to the County Council's school
medical service, and already the County Council are using two
of the Borough Council's clinics (One Tree Hill and Stag Lane).
The County Council have further stated that they will have
in mind the Perrin Road Clinic and the Monks Park Clinic when
the matter of rearranging the work in these parts of the
Borough comes up for the consideration of the County Education
Authority. It is anticipated, too, that the County Education
Authority will enter into agreement for the use of the London
Road Clinic regarding minor ailments, dental, orthopaedic and
other specialist services.
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