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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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The death-rate from Diarrhœa and Enteritis in children under
one year of age per 1,000 live births was 7.88.
CHILD WELFARE.
The equivalent of whole-time Municipal Health Visitors is 7.5,
equal to one whole-time Health Visitor per 243 notified births,
and one whole-time Health Visitor per 231 registered births during
1937.
The following table gives a list of the current Ante-Natal and
Welfare Clinics:—
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE CLINICS.
| Monday | 2 to 4 p. m. | Ante & Post-Natal | Low Hall Lane, Mark-house Road. |
| Tuesday | 9.30 a. m. | (new cases only) | „ „ „ |
| Tuesday | 2 to 4 p. m. | Child Welfare | Estate Office, 1, Guilds-way, Billet Road. |
| Tuesday | 2 to 4 p. m. | „ „ „ | The Memorial Hall, Winchester Road, E.4. |
| Wednesday | 2 to 4 p. m. | „ „ „ | Low Hall Lane, Mark-house Road. |
| Thursday | 10 to 12 noon | „ „ „ | The Memorial Hall, Winchester Road, E.4. |
| Thursday | 2 to 4 p.m. | „ „ „ | Low Hall Lane, Mark-house Road. |
| Thursday | 2 to 4 p. m. | „ „ „ | Estate Office, 1, Guilds-way, Billet Road. |
| Thursday | 1.30 to 4.30 p. m | „ „ „ | "Brookscroft,'' Forest Road, E.17. |
| Friday | 2 to 4 p. m. | „ „ „ | Low Hall Lane, Mark-house Road. |
In addition, the Walthamstow Child Welfare Society at
"Brookscroft" holds "special" clinics, e.g., massage and light
sessions.
A. MUNICIPAL SCHEME.