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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
Southall 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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Maternity and Child Welfare Clinics.
The attendances at the Child Welfare clinics during 1938 are shown in
the following table:—
| vSeen by medical officer: | |
| Infants | 3,591 |
| Children at ordinary clinics | 1,238 |
| Children at toddlers' clinics | 229 |
| Weighing only: | |
| Infants | 1,628 |
| Children | 629 |
| New cases (included in above): | |
| Infants | 361 |
| Children | 106 |
| Seen by medical officer : | |
| Infants | 3,798 |
| Children at ordinary clinics | 1,498 |
| Children at toddlers' clinic | 321 |
| Weighing only: | |
| Infants | 1,005 |
| Children | 414 |
| New cases (included in above): | |
| Infants | 350 |
| Children | 91 |
| Total attendances | 14,351 |
The total attendances at the clinics during the past six years have been
as follows:—
1933 7,427 1936 11,329
1934 6,856 1937 12,502
1935 9,682 1938 14,351
It will be noticed that there was again a rather large increase in the
total number of attendances in 1938 compared with the figure for 1937. This
increase amounts to 14 per cent. It is encouraging that the services available
in this way appear to be appreciated.
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