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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 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: TABLE No. 10.Children in Attendance at Each Centre.

TABLE No. 10.

Children in Attendance at Each Centre.

Year of Birth.Town Hall.Beresford St.N. Woolwich.Plumstead.Slade.Eltham.St. Luke's.New Eltham.Totals.
19354543643434120273671131,540
19345005554378129256681231,563
19332342922199801974071872
19321712919141671372261647
1931114221773291242645450
193042654616321822187
1,5151771601,2714411,0192414355,259

Table: Attendances

Attendances

Year of Birth.Town Hall.Beresford St.N. WoolwichPlumstead.SladeElthamSt. Luke'sNew ElthamTotals
19353,5113004763,9461,1482,6247801,34814,133
19344,4585575223,7612,0322,2917992,14416,564
19331,2702472361,1085739113266775,348
1932728186826224115031114043,047
1931431102832201113921341591,632
19301323412138451283377599
10,5301,4261,4119,7954,3206,8492,1834,80941,323

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The attendances, which do not include attendances at the Toddlers' Clinic
or the Sunlight Clinic, and the number on the roll, are the highest recorded since
this service commenced.
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:—
(а) On the card of every child under one year of age attending a welfare centre
between the 1st May and the 30th June, 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 11 on the adjoining page.