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West Ham 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Stratford Day Nursery—Welfare Road.
This Day Nursery, so well staffed and equipped, has proved
a great boon to those working mothers who are compelled
to leave their infants. For the small sum of 8d. the child is
cared for and fed for the whole day, thus relieving the busy
mother of many anxious moments.
Attendances during 1926 were: —
Half-days, nil. Whole days, 2,006. Average per
day, 33.
Sunlight Clinic.
This valuable asset was started in July, 1925, by the
Women's League of Service for Motherhood at the Welfare
Road Clinic. There is no doubt that it is of considerable
benefit to rachitic and debilitated children, who are unable to
obtain the natural sunlight.
Attendances. Treatments. Patients
4,286 4,244 ... 545
Centres & Clinics (Municipal and subsidised by the Council): —
| Address. | No. of Sessions held weekly. | Day and time of meeting. | Centre Att. | Med. Consults | Present arrange ments for Medical Supervision. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average per | Session. | ||||||
| Expectant Mothers. | Children. | Expectant Mothers. | Children. | ||||
| -heslerton House | 4 | Mon. and Fri., 1.30 p.m | 107-51 | 142 49 | 40-69 | 24 49 | Dr. Hirst. |
| Wed. and Tb., 2.30 p.m. | |||||||
| St. Luke's Square | 2 | Tuesday, 3.30 p.m. | 102 .36 | 295 46 | 35-48 | 46 86 | .. Hogg. |
| Friday, 3 p.m. | |||||||
| Mutin Street .. | 1 | Thurs., 3.30 p.m. | 34 26 | 52-07 | 11 46 | 13-67 | „ Hogg. |
| S.W.Ham Health T •.. ,..s?cie,y | 3 | Tues., Wed. Sc Friday, | 15 42 | 45 80 | 4 17 | 36-07 | ,, Lorimer Hawthorne. |
| 1 30 p.m. | |||||||
| rnnity Mission .. | 2 | Wed. Sc Thuis., 1.30 p m | 1-21 | 400 | 24 51 | Margaret Alden. | |
| Women s League of Service | 3 | Mon., Wed. Sc Fri., | 5 32 | 34.40 | 21-72 | Dorothea Brooks. | |
| 2 p.m. | |||||||
| tSilvertown Muni- hv fP?1 ccntre | 2 | Wed., 10 a.m. & 2 p.m. | 3 18 | 19.57 | 3 18 | 11-19 | ,, Eileen Dowling. |
| West Ham Lane Mun. Centre | 3 | Mon. Sc Thurs., 2 p.m. | 1 50 | 7-70 | 1 50 | 6 50 | ,, Eileen Dowling- |
| Tues., 10 a.m. | |||||||
| Given-Wilson Ins | 1 | Mondays, 2 p.m. | 33 30 | 24-42 | ,, Eva Morton. | ||
*West Ham Lane Centre—
First Session Ante-Natal Clinic November 2nd, 1926.
First Session Infant Clinic October 21st, 1926.
tSilvertown Municipal Centre—
First Session Ante-Natal Clinic October 27th, 1926.