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Maternity and Child Welfare.
Dr. J. MacLaren's observations are contained in the following
report:—
Infant Welfare Clinics
Attendances at Infant Welfare Clinics.
Number of general Clinics held during the year 460
Number of individual children who attended the
Clinics 3273
Total number of attendances at all Centres 30941
Total number of children who attended the Clinics for the first
time during the year:—
(a) Children under 1 year 1317
(b) Children between the ages of 1—5 years 380
(excluding examination of toddlers)
Number of medical consultations at general Clinics 9306
Number of Medical consultations at special Clinics 1319
The daily average attendances at the Clinics were as follows:
Central Clinic, Monday afternoon 69
Church Road, Monday afternoon 84
Plashet Grove, Tuesday morning 63
North Woolwich, Tuesday afternoon 21
Masterman Road, Wednesday afternoon 56
(Central from June, 1936)
Church Road, Wednesday afternoon 55
(from June, 1936)
Central Clinic, Thursday morning 58
Church Road, Thursday afternoon 77
Plashet Grove, Friday afternoon 91
Central Clinic, Friday afternoon 39
(from June, 1936)
Excluding North Woolwich Infant Welfare Centre, which
supplies a very small area, the average attendance of children
Der session at all centres during the year is 68.4.