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East Ham 1930

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]

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(ii) If any of the Health Visitors are engaged on other work during part
of their time, state the equivalent of whole-time services devoted
by the whole staff to health visiting :—-
(a) in the case of Health Visitors employed by the Council, 7.
(b) in the case of Health Visitors employed by Voluntary
Associations, Nil.
(iii) Number of visits paid during the year by all Health Visitors :—-
(a) To expectant mothers—First visits, 286 ; total visits, 370.
(b) To children under 1 year of age—First visits, 2,194 ; total
visits, 7,087.
(c) To children between the ages of 1 and 5 years—Total visits,
10,873.
4. Infant Welfare Centres.
(a) Number of Centres provided and maintained by the Council, 7.
(b) Number of Centres provided and maintained by Voluntary Associations,
Nil.
(c) Total number of attendances at all Centres during the year :—
By children between the ages of 0-5 years, 22,265.
(d) Average attendance of children per session at all Centres during the
year, 64.2. One Centre has an average attendance of 17.3—
excluding this centre the average attendance of children per session
at all centres is 73.
(e) Total number of children who attended at the Centres for the first
time during the year :—
(i) Children under 1 year of age, 1,374.
(ii) Children between the ages of 1 and 5 years, 501.
(f) Percentage of total notified births represented by the number in
(e) (i), 62.
5. Ante-natal clinics (whether held at Infant Welfare Centres or at other
premises) :—
(a) Number of Clinics provided and maintained by the Council, 1.
(b) Number of Clinics provided and maintained by Voluntary Associations,
Nil.
(c) Total number of attendances by expectant mothers at all Clinics
during the year, 547.
(d) Average attendance of expectant mothers per session at all Clinics
during the year, 10.5.
(e) Total number of expectant mothers who attended at the Clinics
during the year, 225.
(f) Percentage of total notified births represented by the number in (c)
9.8.
6. Maternity Homes and Hospitals.
Number of women (if any) sent by the Council during the year to
Maternitv Institutions. 88.
7. Infectious Diseases.