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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
Wood Green 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
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end of April, when the Clinic was transferred to the new Hall
attached to the Congregational Church at the junction of Alexandra
Park Road and Albert Road.
The attendances at the Centres during the year are shown in the following table:—
| January | 1,154 |
| February | 1,229 |
| March | 1,140 |
| April | 1,260 |
| May | 1,111 |
| June | 1,195 |
| July | 1,598 |
| August | 887 |
| September | 1,268 |
| October | 1,561 |
| November | 1,027 |
| December | 1,129 |
| Total | 14,559 |
The attendances in 1933 were 15,018.
The attendances at the Centre in the Alexandra Park area
numbered 1,995 as compared with 2,178 in 1933.
The number of individual children brought to the Centres
during the year was 1,437, of whom 728 were infants under 12
months of age, and 709 of from 1 to 5 years of age.
The number of children seen by the Assistant Medical Officer
in attendance at the Centres during the year was 1,367. 700 of
these were infants under 12 months of age, who made 2,369 attendances,
while 667 were children of from 1 to 5 years of age and
their attendances numbered 2,008.
Of the 21 infantile deaths which occurred during the year, in
only 3 cases had the baby attended one of the Welfare Centres.