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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 1938

[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.
19385081691219910973296
19374041751221512893504
19363801251163126394270
19353381441177926724451
19343631303166627364402

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Your Council, under the Scheme approved by the Ministry of
Health, for the grant period 1937-42. makes 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 Scheme1035285132019890193163920640526
Brookscroft496115611938750661445315064
Total19381531400193129277243825365955590
19371570406197628073213204939351369

Table: Home Visits

Home Visits

To Children under 1 year of age.To Children 1-5 years of age.Total.
First.Subsequent.Total.
Municipal Scheme162038825502775213254
Brookscroft5081691219910973296
Total1938212855737701884916550
1937213462328366772916095

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*5,713 other visits were paid for special reasons.