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Public library books which have been in contact with cases
of infectious disease are disinfected in the Public Health Department.
Boots, shoes, etc., taken in exchange by the Domestic Centre
are disinfected at the Public Health Department before being
re-exchanged.
Number of disinfections carried out by Wandle
Valley Isolation Hospital 71
Number of rooms disinfected by fumigator 192
Number of library books disinfected 177
REPORT ON MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE
SERVICES
Child Welfare
Child Welfare Sessions are held at four centres, thus serving
every part of the Borough. Every centre is held weekly.
The total number of attendances at the infant welfare centres
was 11,136, as compared with 17,258 in 1943. Of these 848 were
new cases, 766 being infants under one year of age, and 82
being children over one but under five years of age. The total
number of attendances of infants under one year was 8,695, and
of children between one and five years of age, 2,441.
At the end of the year there were 575 infants under one year
and 1,102 children between one and five years of age attending
the centres, making a total of 1, 677.
The average attendance at each centre was: —
Park Road 46.1
St. Barnabas 63.7
Church Road 54.6
Sherwood House 54.5
The percentage of infants under one year of age attending
the centres for the first time was 78 per cent, of the total
number of live births,