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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
East Ham 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Infant Welfare Clinics.
There are seven Clinics held weekly. At five two Doctors
and two Health Visitors attend, at the remaining two one Doctor
and one Health Visitor are present. Assistance is also given by
one St. John Ambulance Nurse at five Clinics.
| Number of general Clinics held during the year | 339 |
| Number of individual children who attended the Clinics | 3,977 |
| Total number of attendances | 31,335 |
| Total number of children who attended the Clinic for the first time during the year:— | |
| (1) Children under 1 year | 1,429 |
| (2) Children between the ages of 1-5 years | 505 |
| Number of medical consultations at general Clinics | 12,858 |
| Number of medical consultations at special Clinics | 959 |
| Total number of visits to all Infant Welfare Clinics | 32,294 |
The daily average attendances at the Clinics were as follows:—
| Central Clinic, Monday afternoon | 74 |
| Manor Park, Tuesday morning | 119 |
| North Woolwich, Tuesday afternoon | 28 |
| Masterman Road, Wednesday afternoon | 107 |
| Central Clinic, Thursday morning | 73 |
| Plashet Grove, Thursday afternoon | 88 |
| Plashet Grove, Friday afternoon | 131 |
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 98.6, compared with
86 in 1931.
During 1932, 3,977 children attended the centres, an increase
of 157 on the previous year. The total attendance of infants from