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Woolwich 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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(c) Welfare Centres. The welfare centres are set out in
detail on page 44, and can be divided into two groups—a
group at which ante-natal, post-natal and infant clinics are
held each week, and a group at which only infant clinics are
held, but where, for convenience, an occasional mother is
given advice concerning herself. In the last group are included
the New Eltham, North Woolwich and the Slade
Centres; in the former the Town Hall, Eltham, and Plumstead
Centres, The Beresford Street Centre is a voluntary
centre belonging to the second group.
At the end of the year three ante-natal and eighteen infant
consultations and weighing sessions were being held each
week.
In tabular form are shown below statistics for the year 1925
and consolidated statistics for the previous four years.

Table: TABLE No. 70.

TABLE No. 70.

Centre.No. on Roll of Centre.No. of Attendances.
Mothers.Children.Mothers.Children.
Expectant.Nursing.Expectant.Nursing.
Town Hall2813691,4863676107,743
Eltham188751,0583491325,748
Plumstead1722459232872854,967
Slade46642041083,391
New Eltham11418926191,554
North Woolwich216127220760
Beresford Street (Voluntrary).741115976671
Totals 19256658164,3181,0441,25024,834
„ 19246616595,7151,1271,25626,233
„ 19235137014,2048271,36824,511
„ 19225205904,2408601,12321,968
„ 19214895884,1509431,04623,156