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REPORT ON MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE
SERVICES
Child Welfare
Child Welfare Sessions are held at six centres, thus serving
every part of the Borough. At the Parish Room and Western
Road Centres two sessions are held each month. At the Cavendish
Road, Meopham Road and Sherwood Park Centres four
sessions are held each month. At the St. Barnabas Centre five
sessions are held each month.
The total number of attendances at the six infant welfare
centres was 12,272, as compared with 11,486 in 1937. Of these,
1,052 were new cases, 782 being infants under one year of age,
and 270 being children over one but under five years of age. The
total number of attendances of infants under one year was 8,245,
and of children between one and five years of age, 4,027.
At the end of the year there were 636 infants under one year
and 1,828 children between one and five years of age attending
the centres, making a total of 2,464 children attending, an increase
of 752 over the previous year.
The average attendance at each individual centre was:—
Cavendish Road 57.6
Meopham Road 44.0
Parish Room 61.1
Sherwood Park 42.9
St. Barnabas 84.0
Western Road 60.7
giving an average of 57.3 as compared with 54.8 in 1937.
The percentage of infants under one year of age attending
the centres was 79 per cent. of the total number of notified births.
Clinics for Toddlers
Special Clinics for Toddlers are held and have proved a great
success. The mothers have shown their great appreciation of
these clinics by their very regular and punctual attendance.