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91
Number of medical consultations at general
clinics 13,607
Number of medical consultations at special
clinics 776
Total number of visits to all Infant Welfare
Clinics 27,032
The daily average attendances at the clinics were as
follows:—
Central Clinic, Monday afternoon 73
Manor Park, Tuesday morning 96.2
North Woolwich, Tuesday afternoon 20.2
Masterman Road, Wednesday afternoon 99.4
Central Clinic, Thursday morning 59.1
Plashet Grove, Thursday afternoon 76.1
Plashet Grove, Friday afternoon 114
Excluding North Woolwich Infant Welfare Centre, which
supplies a very small area, the average attendance of children per
session at all centres during the year is 86, compared with 73
in 1930.
During 1931, 3,820 children attended the centres, an increase
of 97 on the previous year. The total attendances of infants from
0—5 increased from 22,265 in 1930, to 26,256 in 1931, an increase
of 3,991 over 1930.
The highest average attendances per session were recorded at
Plashet Grove (Friday) 114, Masterman Road 99.4, and Manor
Park 96.4.
As stated in the Annual Report of 1930, owing to such large
numbers attending the centres, the organisation of the clinics
is becoming increasingly difficult, and though it indicates the
appreciation of the mothers, the existing conditions jeopardise the
maintenance of a high standard of efficiency. It is a matter
of considerable regret that it has not been found expedient to
increase the number of clinics, or establish Toddlers' Clinics,
thus relieving the congestion which at present exists.
At the clinics special attention is paid to the education of
mothers, individual instruction is given in general hygiene of
childhood, correct methods of feeding and management of