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MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
The personal health services are since July 1948 the
responsibility of the L.C.C., and the administration of the
services in Stepney, together with those in Poplar, Bethnal
Green and the.City of London, is carried out by Dr. G.O.
Mitchell, the Divisional Medical Officer, who is assisted
in the day to day administration by the Borough Medical
Officers of Health. I am indebted to Dr .Mitchell for the
following' information pertaining to the services in Stepney.
1. Statistics.
Infant Welfare Centres
Total number of children who first attended during the
year and who, on the date of their first attendance, were -
Under 1 year of age 1,471
1-5 years of age 99
Total number of children who attended and who at the
end of the year were-
Under 1 year of age 1,318
1-5 years of age 2 ,080
Total attendances by children -
Under 1 year of age 20,903
1-5 years of age 9,096
Ante-Natal and Post-Natal Clinics
Ante-Natal consultations-
No. of women who attended first time 135
No. of women who attended 157
Total attendances 1,010
post-Natal consultations-
No. of women who attended 27
Dental Clinic
No. of expectant and nursing mothers
treated 41
No. of cases in which general anaesthetic
for extraction was administered 56
No. of teeth extracted 250
No. of pre-school children treated 27
No. of cases in which general anaesthetic
for extraction was administered 31
No. of temporary teeth extracted 87
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