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East Ham 1938

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

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8. MEDICAL TREATMENT.
The following Clinics are held weekly for the treatment of
defects in school children:—
(1) General Clinic (Minor Ailments and Observation Cases),
(a) High Street Schools—Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays,
9 a.m. Average attendance, 80.
(b) Church Road, Manor Park—Tuesdays and Thursdays at
9 a.m. Average attendance, 90.
(c) North Woolwich—Mondays and Fridays at 2 p.m.
Average attendance, 40.
(2) Eye Specialist Clinic.
Town Hall—Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at 9 a.m.
(3) Ear Specialist Clinic.
Town Hall—Thursdays and Fridays at 2 p.m.
(4) Light Clinics.
(a) Town Hall—Mondays (boys) and Wednesdays (girls)
at 2 p.m.
(b) Manor Park—
Mondays, 9 a.m., Girls; 2 p.m., Babies.
Tuesdays, 2 p.m., Boys.
Wednesdays, 9 a.m., Girls; 2 p.m., Babies.
Thursdays, 9 a.m., Boys; 2 p.m., Locals.
Fridays, 9 a.m., Girls and Babies.
Saturdays, 9 a.m., Boys.
(5) Immunization Clinics.
(a) Town Hall—Fridays at 3 p.m.
(b) Maternity and Child Welfare (Central Clinic)—Tuesdays
at 9 a.m.
(c) Manor Park Clinic—Fridays at 9 a.m.
During the year 1938, 20,954 attendances were made for treatment
at the various clinics, and there were 14,124 attendances for
consultation with the Medical Officers.