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Wembley 1942

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]

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Health Clinics.
(Comparative 1941 figures within brackets).
Total number of children who first
attended at the Clinics during
the year who, on the date of
their first were under
1 year of age 1,789
Total number of children who first
attended at the Clinics during
the year and who, on the date of
their first attendance were
between the ages of 1 - 5 years 485
Total number of children under
5 years of age who attended at
the Clinics during the year and
who at the end of the year were:-
(1) Under 1 year of age 1,773
(2) Over " " " " 4,011
Total 5,784
Number of attendances by children
under 1 year of age 40,005 (28,771)
Number of attendances at all the
Health Clinics by children
between the ages of 1 - 5 years 21,149 (19,541)
The percentage of notified live
births represented by the
number of children who first
attended at the Clinics during
the year and who on the first
attendance were under 1 year
of age in 1942 93.7 (96.9)
(This number is exclusive of
those children who are known
previously to have attended a
Centre in another district prior
to coming to reside in Wembley).
Number of attendances at the
ante-natal Clinics 9,936 (7,199)
Total number of women who attended
for the first time 1,686 (1,364)
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 86.8 ( 88.6)
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