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During the exceptionally severe weather in the early weeks of 1963
the attendances at the centres were, as would be expected, lower than
usual and it was, in fact, not possible to hold sessions at the Grosvenor
Road, Ilford Lane and Fairlop Centres for two weeks in this period owing
to the failure of the heating systems at the St. Alban's and Holy Trinity
Church Halls.
As the numbers attending the Cecil Hall Centre had declined, and
particularly in view of the increase in general practitioners' baby clinics
in that part of Ilford, it was considered that one weekly session there
would suffice. The Wednesday afternoon clinic was accordingly discontinued
at the end of March, 1963.
Statistics regarding the children attending the infant welfare centres
during 1963 are given below:—
Number of children who attended:—
(a) Born in 1963 2,467
(b) Others 4,494
Total number of attendances 41,823
Total number of children on roll at 31.12.63, after
omission of all those who had not attended for six
months 4,289

818 sessions were held during the year, the average attendance
per session being 51 mothers with their infants. The following are the
figures for each centre:—