London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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East Ham 1933

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

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Infant Welfare Clinics.
Attendances at Infant Welfare Clinics.
Number of general Clinics held during the
year 345
Number of individual children who attended
the Clinics 4,640
Total number of attendances 31,483
Total number of children who attended the
Clinic for the first time during the
year:—
(1) Children under 1 year 1,312
(2) Children between the ages of 1-5
years 399
Number of medical consultations at general
Clinics 12,867
Number of medical consultations at special
Clinics 1,136
Total number of visits to all Infant Welfare
Clinics 32,619
The daily average attendances at the Clinics were as
follows:—
Central Clinic, Monday afternoon 84
Plashet Grove, Tuesday morning 76
North Woolwich, Tuesday afternoon 24
Masterman Road, Wednesday afternoon 101
Central Clinics, Thursday morning 93
Manor Park, Thursday afternoon 122
Plashet Grove, Friday afternoon 141
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 102.8, compared with
98.6 in 1932.
During 1933, 4,640 children attended the centres, an increase
of 663 on the previous year. The total attendance of infants from
0—5 increased from 31,335 in 1932, to 31,483 in 1933, an increase
of 148 over 1932.