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At each session of the clinic a medical officer with special
gynaecological and obstetrical experience attends and is assisted by
two health visitors, each of whom holds the Certificate of the Central
Midwives Board.
Infant-Welfare Clinics.
The number of new cases, the total number of infants and young
children attending at the Centre, and the total attendances made by
them during 1939 are given below:—
Year Year
New Cases:— 1938. 1939.
Infants under 1 year 238 211
Children 1 to 5 years 99 70
Total 337 281
Number of Children attending during the year:—
Infants under 1 year 366 365
Children 1 to 5 years 326 501
Total 692 866
Number of attendances made by:—
Infants under 1 year 4,078 3,281
Children 1 to 5 years 3,247 2,579
Total 7,325 5,860
Mothers 6,245 5,057
The average attendance per week has been 115; the average
attendance of infants under one year being 65 per week, and of children
aged 1 to 5 years, 50 per week.
The number of infants under one year of age attending for the
first time during 1939, namely 211, represents 53.0 per cent. of the
total births occurring in the year.
A Medical Officer and two Health Visitors, kindly assisted by
Voluntary Helpers, are in attendance at the Centre at each session.
The number of consultations with the Medical Officer at the
centre was 2,296 as contrasted with 2,466 in 1938.