Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
The work is expanding steadily and satisfactorily.
The scheme is as follows—
Two Clinics weekly at the Congregational Hall, Douglas Road,
Hounslow.
Two Clinics weekly : at the Public Hall, Isleworth.
At each of these Clinics infant consultations are carried out,
regular weighing, and the sale of dried milks, malt, virol, etc.
The Mothers can obtain a cup of tea and a biscuit at a cost of
Id.
The attendances totalled 9843 for the year as compared with
8817 in 1924, 8322 in 1923, and 8398 in 1922.
The average attendance at the Douglas Road Centre was 57.6
and at the Isleworth Centre 39.3.
The number of individual mothers and children attending the Clinics is shewn hereunder : —
1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mothers | 538 | 541 | 525 | 530 | 514 |
Children | 774 | 726 | 646 | 610 | 608 |
Isleworth Public Hall | |||||
Mothers | 268 | 278 | 270 | 384 | 288 |
Children | 296 | 350 | 330 | 489 | 393 |
Sales at Clinics.
Quantity. | Receipts. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
£ | s. | d. | ||
Glaxo | 5729 lbs. | 387 | 13 | |
Virol | 562 lbs. | 46 | 15 | 0 |
Malt | 306 lbs. | 8 | 0 | |
Oil and Malt | 626 lbs. | 23 | 8 | 0 |
Marylebone Cream | 5 lbs 6 ozs. | 8 | 11½ | |
Lactagol | 170 pkts. | 9 | 0 | |
Almata | 339 lbs. | 25 | 8 | 6 |
Cow and Gate | 1033 lbs. | 77 | 2 | |
Cod Liver Oil Emulsion | 563 bottles. | 15 | 4 | |
Prescription Glaxo | 29 lbs. | 2 | 0 | |
£604 | 2 | 7 |