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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
Ilford 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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The following is a summary of the home visits made by the Health Visitors and Clinic Nurses during 1957 as far as Part III Services are concerned:—
| First visits to newly-born infants | 2,335 |
| Subsequent visits to children under 1 year of age | 6,069 |
| Subsequent visits to children over 1 year of age and under 5 | 14,281 |
| Visits to expectant mothers | 1,044 |
| Home visits for other reasons | 1,285 |
| Total visits paid | 25,014 |
In addition there were 6,514 visits paid where no reply was received.
At the request of one of the general practitioners, arrangements were
made for the Health Visitor serving in the area in which his practice is
situated to assist at his baby clinic once a month, commencing on the
5th February, 1957. These arrangements have proved most satisfactory.
As reported last year, arrangements were made for the Health Visitors
to meet the local General Practitioners on the 7th May, 1957, as previously
in 1954 and 1955, with a view to increasing the degree of co-operation
between the Department and the Doctors.
Day Nurseries.
(a) The hours of opening at the two Nurseries during 1957 continued
to be 7.30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday to Friday only.
(b) The standard charge for accommodation at the Day Nurseries
continued at 8/6 per child per day throughout 1957 but was increased to
10/6 per child per day as from the 31st March, 1958. Provision is made
for this charge to be reduced according to scale when the means of the
parents do not justify the full fee.
Accommodation has continued to be made available to neighbouring
Areas for children who can more conveniently attend an Ilford Nursery
than one in their own Area.
(c) The training of Students at the Nurseries for the Certificate of the
National Nursery Examination Board continued. Five Students (two from
the Ley Street Nursery and three from the Goodmayes Lane Nursery)
entered for the examination during the year, all of whom obtained the
Certificate.
The arrangements for young students to attend part-time courses (on
one day a week) at day continuation classes whilst awaiting enrolment
for the Nursery Nurses' Course at a Technical College in the September
following their sixteenth birthday also continued, thus enabling them to
pursue their studies in general subjects and so improve their general educational
standard during this pre-nursery course period. Three students (one
from the Ley Street Nursery and two from the Goodmayes Lane Nursery)
attended such a course at the St. George's Day Release Centre, Dagenham,
during 1957.