View report page

18
Public library books which have been in contact with cases
of infectious disease are disinfected by the Public Health Department.
Boots, shoes, etc., taken in exchange by the Domestic Centre
are disinfected by the Public Health Department before being
re-exchanged.
Number of disinfections carried out by Wandle
Valley Isolation Hospital103
Number of rooms disinfected by fumigator 275
Number of library books disinfected187
REPORT ON MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE
SERVICES
Child Welfare
Child Welfare Sessions are held at five centres, thus serving
every part of the Borough. Each Clinic is held at least once
each week.
The total number of attendances at the infant welfare centres
was 20,783, as compared with 14,767 in 1945. Of these 1,261 were
new cases, 1,132 being infants under one year of age, and 129
being children over one but under five years of age. The total
number of attendances of infants under one year was 16,406, and
of children between one and five years of age, 4,377.
At the end of the year there were 927 infants under one year
and 1,489 children between one and five years of age attending
the centres, making a total of 2,416.
The average attendance at each centre was:—
Cavendish Road 69.8
St. Barnabas 100.5
Church Road 70.2
Sherwood House 60.7
Meopham Road 65.1
The percentage of infants under one year of age attending the
centres for the first time was 90.1 per cent, of the total number
of live births.