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Heston and Isleworth 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]

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Maternity and Child Welfare.

Table: The attendances of children at all the Centres during the last six years have been as follows:—

The attendances of children at all the Centres during the last six years have been as follows:—

Year.1931.1932.1933.1934.1935.1936.
No. of attendances27,31831,65635,11033,10236,63536,567

Table: The average attendances per session during the year 1936 were as follows:—

The average attendances per session during the year 1936 were as follows:—

Douglas Road No. 1.Douglas Road, No. 2.Isleworth Centre.Heston Centre.
87.664.265.465.37

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Approximately 82.7 per cent of the notified live births attended at one of the Infant Welfare
Centres before they were a year old.

Table: The number of individual mothers and children attending the Centres is shown hereunder.

The number of individual mothers and children attending the Centres is shown hereunder.

Douglas Road, Hounslow No. 1—19321933193419351936
Mothers1085860820998998
Children1741107895311461199
Douglas Road, Hounslow No. 2—
Mothers132467513491554
Children153557569602778
Isleworth Health Centre— (Busch House)
Mothers690685562596647
Children763824726729847
Heston— Mothers451435330444482
Children534550387537631

Table: Sales at Clinics.

Sales at Clinics.

Quantity.Receipts.
£s.d.
Dried Milks12666 lbs.884147
Virol1244 lbs.90148
Sugar of Milk309 lbs.17100
Oil and Malt2022 lbs.5650
Lactagol1101 tins5636
Cod Liver Oil Emulsion7356 bottles20640
Bemax2140 tins4276
Adexolin1492 phials5670
Total...£141063

Table: Notification of Births.Number of births notified in the area during the year, as adjusted by transferred notifications.

Notification of Births.

Number of births notified in the area during the year, as adjusted by transferred notifications.

Live births1422Still births 41Total1463
By Midwives1191By doctors and parents...272

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Ante-Natal Clinic.
During the year the County Council Authorities put forward a scheme of co-operation
between the County Council Maternity Department and the local Ante-Natal Centres. The effect
of this is that we take over at our Ante-Natal Clinic the routine examinations and supervision
of expectant mothers who have been referred by the Medical Officer of the West Middlesex
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