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St. John's Church Hall, North Woolwich, on
Tuesday, at 2.30 p.m.
Wesleyan Church Hall, Manor Park, on
Tuesday, at 9 a.m.
St. George's Church Hall, Masterman Road, on
Wednesday, at 2 p.m.
In addition to the above, arrangements were in progress, at
the close of the year under review, to relieve the overcrowding
at the White House Clinic on Friday afternoons, shown in a table
below, by the opening of a new Clinic at the White House on
Thursday mornings. (Note.—The new additional Infant Welfare
Clinic at the White House on Thursday mornings was opened in
January, 1928.)
Attendances at Infant Welfare Clinics, 1927.
The attendances at the Infant Welfare Clinics during 1927
were as follows :—
Number of Clinics held during the year 297
Number of individual children who attended the Clinics 2,733
Total number of attendances 16,376
Number of medical consultations at these Clinics6,140
The daily averages of attendances at the Clinics were as
follows :—
White House, Monday afternoon 64
Manor Park, Tuesday morning 55
North Woolwich, Tuesday afternoon 17
Masterman Road, Wednesday afternoon 66
White House, Thursday afternoon 55
White House, Friday afternoon 73
At the Clinics individual advice on matters of feeding, clothing
and general hygiene is given to mothers, after careful examination
of their children and consideration of the special circumstances
of each child.
It cannot be too frequently reiterated that the Infant Welfare
Clinics are not dispensaries for the treatment of sick children,
but seek to maintain the health of the healthy child, and to afford
guidance towards its normal and successful upbringing. Yet,