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STATEMENT SHOWING THE WORK NOW BEING CARRIED OUT IN
CONNECTION WITH THE SCHEME FOR MATERNITY AND
CHILD WELFARE.
Number of notified births 3,154
Number of un notified births 447
Number of deaths under one month of
age 101
Number of deaths under one year of age 224
Number of still-births notified 60
Number of first visits to houses where
births had been registered 4,005
Number of re-visits to houses where
births had been registered 8,797
Number of first visits to ante-natal cases 237
Number of re-visits to ante-natal cases 200
Special visits 289
Number of attendances at Infants' Clinics l5,789
During this year owing to the increase in the number of
mothers and babies attending the Infant Consultations, and the
consequent overcrowding of rooms at the White House, it was
found necessary to limit, to a certain extent, the number of visits
of healthy infants, until suitable premises could be found for
opening a branch centre in the northern part of the Borough.
Rooms being available for one afternoon a week at St. Michael's
Institute, Manor Park, it was decided to start holding Infant
Consultations there on Tuesdays from 2 to 4 p.m., and since
September there has been a large number of attendances at this
centre.
There is also a small branch centre at North Woolwich, for
which more comfortable quarters have recently been secured in
St. John's Church Schools.
The number of expectant Mothers attending the Ante-natal
Clinic has increased, the total being 187, of which 108 were new
cases. A large proportion of these wished to go into a Maternity
Home, and had to be referred to West Ham Hospital, or the
Plaistow Maternity Charity Lying-in Home at West Ham. The
Council having decided to purchase the Cottage Hospital in
Shrewsbury Road, it is proposed to open it as a permanent