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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 31 CHILD WELFARE CENTRES, 1953
| Number of centres provided at end of year | Number of Child Welfare Sessions now held per month at centres | Number of children who first attended a centre during the year, and who at their first attendance were under 1 year of age | Number of children who attended during the year and who were born In: | Total Number of children who attended during the year | Number of attendances during the year made by children who at the date of attendance were: | Total attendances during the year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 1952 | 1951-48 | Under 1 year | 1 but under 2 | 2 but under 5 | ||||||
| Local Health Authority Centres | 4 | 47 | 1,302 | 1,153 | 827 | 458 | 2,438 | 15,091 | 2,146 | 1,899 | 19,136 |
| Centre belonging to other L.H.A.† | 1 | 4 | 57 | 34 | 24 | 19 | 77 | 471 | 43 | 19 | 533 |
† By arrangement with L.C.C. at Fernhill Street, Baths, North Woolwich, E.16.
Note:- An additional clinic operating one session per week was opened at the Shrewsbury Road School on
10th July 1953