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III.—The estimated number of children between the ages of 12 months and five
years in Shoredit'ch is as follows :—
Number of
Age. children.
1—2 years 1,341
2—3 „ 1,350
3—4 „ 1,487
4—5 „ 1,480
Total 5,658
Of this number, 1,400 attend schools or nursery schools, and a further 250 attend
day nurseries.
The arrangements which have already been made for the care of toddlers in the
Borough will be dealt with under the following headings :—
(a) Infant Welfare Centres.
(b) Medical Staff and Supervision.
(c) Health Visiting Staff and Home Visiting.
(d) Hospital Treatment.
(e) Minor ailments.
(/) Dental Treatment.
(g) Artificial Sunlight Treatment.
(h) Orthopaedic Treatment.
(i) Convalescent Homes.
(j) Home Helps.
(k) Day Nurseries.
(I) Home Nursing.
(m) Supply of Extra Nourishment.
(a) Infant Welfare Centres.
In the Borough of Shoreditch 16 child welfare clinics are held weekly under
municipal auspices and two clinics are conducted by a voluntary association—The
School for Mothers, 28, Herbert Street, N.l. Seven of the municipal clinics are held
at the Model Welfare Centre, 210, Kingsland Road, E.2, and the others are: Hoxton
Market Institute, 2; Hoxton Hall, 3; St. Helen's, 2; Haggerston Hall, 1; Harbour
Lights, 1. The centres are so arranged that no mother has a long distance to travel
to a clinic. It has been the practice for toddlers to attend at these clinics and no
special clinics have been instituted for children between the ages of 12 months and
five years.
During 1935, 81.24 per cent. of the children born in the Borough during that year
attended a child welfare centre in the Borough.