Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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MATERNITY AND CHILD
WELFARE.
INFANT WELFARE.
Notification of Births.— Fourteen hundred and twenty-one
notifications of births were received during the year.
By medical practitioners 350
By midwives 1,067
By parents and others 4
Infant Welfare Clinics.
1. Park House Clinic, Granleigh Road, Leytonstone— Mondays,
Tuesdays and Thursdays, at 1.45 p.m. Toddler's
Clinic, Tuesdays, 10 a.m.
2. Leyton Green Clinic, Leyton Green Road.— Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays, at 1.45 p.m. Toddler's Clinic,
Fridays, 10 a.m.
During the year under review, the total attendances at the
Council's Infant Welfare Centres were 17,825, an increase of 1,605
compared with the figure (16,220) for the previous year. The
number of children examined by the Clinic Medical Officers was
6,674 as compared with 6,323 examined during the previous year.
Voluntary Workers.
The following is a list of the ladies who act as Voluntary Workers at the maternity and child welfare centres:—
| Name. | Centre. | Since. |
|---|---|---|
| Mrs. M. Hawkey | Leyton Green and Park House | 1918 |
| Mrs. Wag staff | Leyton Green and Park House | 1924 |
| Mrs. D. Jacobs | Leyton Green | 1934 |
| Mrs. F. Reeve | Leyton Green | 1937 |
| Mrs. J. Murray | Leyton Green | 1937 |
| Mrs. o. R. Kelly | Leyton Green | 1937 |
| Miss H. S. Holl | Park House | 1927 |
| Miss E. H. Holl | Park House | 1927 |
| Mrs. J. Oates | Park House | 1929 |
| Miss Muddiman | Park House | 1934 |
| Miss Goodman | Park House | 1937 |