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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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The daily average attendances at the Clinics were as follows:
| Central Clinic, Monday afternoon | 72 |
| Church Road, Monday afternoon | 80 |
| Plashet Grove, Tuesday morning | 80 |
| North Woolwich, Tuesday afternoon | 20 |
| Central Clinic, Wednesday afternoon | 57 |
| Church Road, Wednesday afternoon | 62 |
| Central Clinic, Thursday morning | 63 |
| Church Road, Thursday afternoon | 64 |
| Plashet Grove, Friday afternoon | 77 |
| Central Clinic, Friday afternoon | 43 |
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 66.4.
During 1937, 3,468 children attended the centres. The total
attendance of infants from 0—5 was 31,280.
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 children.
Mothers are encouraged to bring their children for periodical
medical examination so that defects and incipient diseases
can be treated in the early stages.
Toddlers' Clinics
Clinics for the examination of "Toddlers"—children between
the ages of two and five years—are held on Monday mornings,
at Church Road Clinic, and on Thursday afternoons at the Central
Clinic. During 1937, 778 examinations were made. In cases
where defects were found, the patients were transferred to the
appropriate Specialist Service, or hospital.
A record of the cases examined is transferred to the School
Medical Service when the children enter school.
Immunisation Clinic
See Report, page 64.