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Shoreditch 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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20.
Particulars of the attendances at the Council's ante-natal and post-natal clinics during the last eight years are as follows :-
| Model Welfare Centre | Number of Mothers first attendances | Number of re-attendances | Total attendances. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ante Natal | Post Natal | Ante-Natal | Post-Natal | Ante-Natal | Post- Natal | |
| 1941 | 468 | 40 | 1,543 | - | 2,011 | 40 |
| 1942 | 523 | 71 | 1,895 | - | 2.418 | 71 |
| 1943 | 451 | 76 | 1,859 | - | 2,310 | 76 |
| 1944 | 472 | 32 | 1,867 | 2 | 2,339 | 34 |
| 1945 | 519 | 40 | 2,058 | - | 2,577 | 40 |
| 1946 | 749 | 80 | 3,064 | - | 3,813 | 80 |
| 1947 ... | 566 | 109 | 2,593 | - | 3,159 | 109 |
| 1948(half year) | 266 | 30 | 1,233 | - | 1,499 | 30 |
MUNICIPAL MIDWIVES.
The two municipal mid-wives were transferred to the control of
the London County Council on the 16th February.
INFANT WELFARE CENTRES.
The Council's two infant welfare centres continue to be held in
the Model Welfare Centre and Maurice Hostel Club. Clinics are held
daily except Saturday from 1.30 to 3.30 p.m. at the Model Welfare
Centre, and on Tuesday and Thursday from 1.30 to 3.30 p.m. at the
Maurice Hostel premises.
ARTIFICIAL SUNLIGHT CLINIC.
Sessions for children only are held on Wednesday and Friday
afternoons at the Model Welfare Centre.
The number of children who attended for the first time was
117 and the total attendances were 1,208, Where considered necessary
the diagnosis and progress of cases referred to this clinic for rickets
is confirmed by radiological examination at St,Leonard's Hospital.
BREAST FEEDING CLINIC.
This clinic is held at the Model Welfare Centre on Tuesdays and
Fridays from 9 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. The number of first attendances was
97 and the total attendances 209.
TODDLERS' CLINIC.
This clinic is held at the Model Welfare Centre on Tuesday mornings,
and includes children seeking admission to the day nurseries.
The first attendances numbered 94 and the total attendances 288-,