Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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Health Centre, Grange Road Tuesdays & Fridays | Latchmere Road School . Mondays & Thursdays | |||||||||
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1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | |
No. of sessions held | 102 | 102 | 103 | 102 | 102 | 99 | 101 | 99 | 100 | 98 |
No. of new cases seen | 348 | 362 | 383 | 322 | 407 | 237 | 322 | 269 | 195 | 204 |
Total attendances made | 5562 | 6251 | 7167 | 5574 | 5625 | 4467 | 5524 | 6380 | 4657 | 4485 |
No. seen by M.O. | 2300 | 2442 | 2541 | 2425 | 2550 | 1842 | 2085 | 2120 | 1783 | 1850 |
Dried milk and supplementary Vitamins, etc., are
supplied at the Clinics to all cases recommended by the
Medical Officor, either at approximately cost prico, or
half-price, or free of charge in necessitous cases. The
incomo scale referred to in Section 2 (a) also applies to
driod infant foods, otc.
The following table gives details of tho supply of infant food and dried milk during tho period under rcviow:-
Amount in lbs. | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 |
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Sold, cost price and Sold, half price | 6,215 | 8,555 | 12,817 | 10,198 | 11,449 |
Free of charge | 2,189 | 2,626 | 2,093 | 432 | 182 |
The Medical Officer of Health expresses appreciation
of the help given by voluntary workers at the Infant
Welfare Centres. A number of voluntary workers have
attended regularly during tho period under reviow. In
addition to assistance in clorical work, voluntary
workers have organised two clothing stalls, one at oach
Centre; horo infant clothes are sold at tho cost price
of tho matorial used. Those garments aro made by tho
voluntary workors in their homos.
The total number of garments sold during tho period under roviow was as follows:-
1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | |
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No. of mothers who bought | 261 | 321 | 256 | 287 | 291 |
No. of garments | 974 | 1,025 | 762 | 823 | 880 |