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, on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.
Two Clinics weekly at the Public Hall, Isleworth, on Monday
and Wednesday afternoons.
One Clinic weekly at Heston Parish Hall, on Tuesday afternoons.
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 biscuits at a cost of Id.
The attendances totalled 16,625 for the year as compared with
14,020 in 1927, 11,567 in 1926, 9843 in 1925 and 8817 in 1924.
The average attendances were as follows :—
At Douglas Road Centre 89.37
At Isleworth Centre 47. 9
At Heston Centre 54. 4
The number of individual mothers and children attending the Clinics is shewn hereunder:—
Douglas Road Hounslow | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 |
---|---|---|---|
Mothers | 562 | 688 | 605 |
Children | 765 | 880 | 802 |
Isleworth Public Hall. | |||
Mothers | 326 | 305 | 356 |
Children | 432 | 414 | 460 |
Heston- | |||
Mothers | — | — | 1.57 |
Children | - | - | 213 |