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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

Woolwich 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: TABLE No. 83.Children in Attendance at each Centre.

TABLE No. 83.

Children in Attendance at each Centre.

Year of Birth.Town Hall.Plumstead .Eltham.New Eltham.Slade.St. Luke's.N. Woolwich.Beres-ford St.Totals.
1932489319259991117940351,431
193151434824313612210432311,530
19302922161986266652026945
19291901281425054521819653
1928103881203126321214426
192746335920112341197
1,6341,1321,0213983903551261265,182
Attendances.
19323,8712,6431,8341,2051,21261538728112,048
19314,7113,6651,9242,2131,4541,06047840515,910
19301,8791,3668405044373461042895,765
1929923457510263370264107892,983
192830525737112210511034451,349
1927896816745269994507
11,7788,4565,6464,3523,6042,4941,1191,11338,562

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These figures, which do not include attendances at the special Toddlers' Clinic
or the Sunlight Clinic, show an increase over any previous year, the highest previous
figure being 36,103, recorded in 1931.
Feeding of Infants in Woolwich.—In midsummer the usual enquiry was made,
as in previous years, as to the type of feeding adopted in the case of infants attending
the welfare centres. The method used was as follows:—
(a) On the card of every child under one year of age attending a welfare centre
between 13th June and 22nd July, was inserted once, and once only, the
terms " Breast," or " Breast and Hand," or " Hand Fed."
(b) The child's age was taken on the day on which this note was made.
(c) At the end of the period the results were summarised for the whole Borough
and the appropriate percentages worked out.
The results of the enquiry are shown in Table No. 84 on the adjoining page-