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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

Walthamstow 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Table: Home Visits.

Home Visits.

Visits to Children under 1 year.Visits to Children 1-5 years.Grand Total.
First.Subsequent.Total.
19363801251163126394270
19353381441177926724451
19343631303166627364402

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Your Council, under the Scheme approved by the Ministry of
Health, for the grant period 1937-42, make an annual grant of £700
to the Society, i.e., £550 per annum as to child welfare work and
£150 per annum as to the infants' "observation" ward.
SUMMARY OF MUNICIPAL AND VOLUNTARY SCHEMES.
The following tables give the total number of attendances at
clinics and home visits:—

Table: Attendances at Clinics.

Attendances at Clinics.

First Attendances.Re-attendances.Grand Total.
Under 1 year of age.1-5 years of age.Total.Under 1 year of age.1-5 years of age.Total.
Municipal Scheme1087306139319146192923843839831
Brookscroft427815085483340288859393
Total19361514387190124629226944732349224
19351573282185523224226254584947704

Table: Home Visits.

Home Visits.

To Children under 1 year of age.To Children 1-5 years of age.Total.
First.Subsequent.Total.
Municipal Scheme167834835161708112242*
Brookscroft3801251163126394270
Total1936205847346792972016512
19352015486068751035217227

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*4,358 other visits were paid for special reasons.