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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The following table shows the number of sessions held, the number of new cases seen, subsequent visits made, and the numbers seen by the Medical Officers:-
Health Centre Grange Road | Latchmere Road School (and later) Burton Road | |||||||||
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1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | |
No. of sessions held | 103 | 102 | 102 | 101 | 124 | 99 | 100 | 98 | 97 | 129 |
No. of new cases seen | 383 | 322 | 407 | 435 | 432 | 269 | 195 | 204 | 315 | 380 |
Total attendances made | 7167 | 5574 | 5625 | 6930 | 7823 | 6380 | 4657 | 4485 | 5923 | 8614 |
No. seen by M .O. | 2541 | 2425 | 2550 | 2537 | 3223 | 2120 | 1783 | 1850 | 2185 | 3064 |
Dried milk and supplementary Vitamins, etc. are supplied,
at the Clinics to all cases recommended by the Medical Officer,
either at approximately cost price, or half-price, or free of
charge in necessitous cases. The income scale referred to in
Section 2 (a) also applies to dried infant foods, etc.
The following table gives details of the supply of infant food and dried milk during the period under review:-
Amount in lbs. | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 |
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Sold, cost price and Sold, half price | 12,817 | 10,198 | 11,449 | 13,087 | 14,147 |
Free of charge | 2,093 | 432 | 182 | 155 | 177 |
The Medical Officer of Health records special appreciation
of the help given by voluntary workers at the infant welfare centres,,
Many workers have given years of devoted service in various ways.
During the year, some of the voluntary workers who were knitting for the clothing stall found themselves unable to continue and we were not able to replace them, hence the drop in numbers of garments sold, as shewn below:-
1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | |
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No. of mothers who bought | 256 | 287 | 291 | 346 | 248 |
No. of garments | 762 | 823 | 880 | 1,091 | 679 |