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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
Wembley 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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| Total number of children under five years of age who attended at the Clinics during the year, and who at the end of the year were: | ||
| (1) Under one year of age | 1,816 | |
| (2) Over one year of age | 3,957 | |
| 5,773 | (5,699) | |
| Number of attendances by children under one year of age | 33,226 | (42,833) |
| Number of attendances at all the Health Clinics by children between the ages of 1—5 years | 14,437 | (21,194) |
| 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 one year of age in 1944 | 95.9 | (93.5) |
| (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 | 10,488 | (11,328) |
| Total number of women who attended for the first time | 1,562 | (1,670) |
| 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 | 77.4 | (82.0) |
The decrease in the number of ante-natal attendances was
due to evacuation, while, in spite of air-raid conditions, 95.9 per
cent. was attained for the infants under one year.
Slough Lane Clinic.
The necessary repairs after air-raid damage were not completed
until October.
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