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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 1948

[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.
19483026879898101,799
19472915077985051,303
1946314543681,4131,781
19453196329516861,637
19442715788497191,568

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A total of 155 children were immunised against Diphtheria
during the year at "Brookscroft."
Your Council, under the Scheme approved by the Ministry of
Health, made an annual grant of £700 to the Society.

Table: SUMMARY OF FOREGOING TABLESAttendances at Clinics

SUMMARY OF FOREGOING TABLES

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.
Local Authority Scheme1,3192871,60625,55622,76948,32549,931
Brookscroft5967066610,0282,92312,95113,617
Total19481,9153572,27235,58425,69261,27663,548
19472,7291452,87443,57926,35569,93472,808

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The percentage of first attendances of children under 1 year
of age at Child Welfare Centres to the number of notified live
births was 88.

Table: Home Visits

Home Visits

To Children under 1 year of age.To Children 1-5 years of age.Total.
First.Subsequent.Total.
Local Authority Scheme2,0595,0257,0848,47715,561
Brookscroft3026879898101,799
Total19482,3615,7128,0739,28717,360
19472,9656,1029,0677,73316,800