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 Tottenham]
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Child Welfare Clinics
The forecast made in last year's report that the reduction in
the number of attendances at these clinics would continue is borne
out by the fall in the average attendance per session during 1955.
Nevertheless the proportion of children under one year of age who
attended for the first time during the year showed a slight
improvement.
The slight reduction in the attendance at the welfare clinics
is due to the improvement in child health generally., Parents
have more knowledge about child management and grandparents have
themselves attended welfare centres. Children are not the
constant anxiety that they used to be, when rickets, anaemia and
infectious fevers were a menace.
Most women's journals carry a well written and well informed
article on "Baby", his diet, clothing and management, which helps
the young mother and so it is, that a rare visit to the centre is
enough to keep the mother confident about her methods of managing
the child.
The following table shows details of attendances made at all centres during the year:-
Name of Centre | No. of sessions held | No. of first attendances under 1 year | No. of attendances | Total attendances | No. of cases seen by M.O. | Average attendance per session | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under 1 year | Over 1 but under 2 years | Over 2 but under 5 years | ||||||
Burgoyne Road | 153 | 236 | 3,971 | 631 | 142 | 4,744 | 1,328 | 31.0 |
Church Road | 154 | 216 | 2,914 | 580 | 136 | 3,630 | 1,570 | 23.6 |
Fortis Green | 155 | 228 | 3,518 | 644 | 280 | 4,442 | 1,523 | 28.7 |
Hornsey Town Hall | 201 | 367 | 5,135 | 1,064 | 496 | 6,695 | 2,864 | 33.3 |
Mildura Court | 102 | 179 | 2,992 | 791 | 206 | 3,989 | 1,481 | 39.0 |
Stroud Green | 104 | 198 | 2,888 | 381 | 189 | 3,458 | 848 | 33.3 |
The Chestnuts | 257 | 552 | 7,359 | 1,143 | 446 | 8,948 | 2,430 | 34.8 |
Lordship Lane | 256 | 394 | 6,152 | 1,031 | 384 | 7,567 | 1,795 | 29.6 |
Park Lane | 205 | 339 | 5,425 | 911 | 380 | 6,716 | 1,806 | 32.8 |
Totals 1955 | 1,587 | 2,709 | 40,354 | 7,176 | 2,659 | 50,189 | 15,645 | 31.6 |
Totals 1954 | 1,604 | 2,675 | 40,891 | 7,963 | 3,059 | 51,913 | 16,024 | 32.4 |
Totals 1953 | 1,622 | 2,769 | 42,213 | 8,645 | 3,551 | 54,409 | 16,444 | 33.5 |
Toddlers Clinics
The value of these clinics in supervising the health and
well-being of children between the ages of two and five years, has
not diminished since they were inaugurated in part of this Area in
1938.