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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 Hospital 100
Number of rooms disinfected by fumigator 189
Number of library books disinfected 190
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 26,721, as compared with 20,783 in 1946. Of these 1,397 were
new cases, 1,258 being infants under one year of age, and 139
being children over one but under five years of age. The total
number of attendances of infants under one year was 21,753, and
of children between one and five years of age, 4,968.
At the end of the year there were 1,112 infants under one year
and 1,769 children between one and five years of age attending
the centres, making a total of 2,881.
The average attendance at each centre was:—
Cavendish Road 86.1
St. Barnabas 119.6
Church Road 67.1
Sherwood House 60.3
Meopham Road 49.5
The percentage of infants under one year of age attending the
centres for the first time was 91.62 per cent, of the total number
of live births.
At Church Road and Meopham Road Clinics an additional
weekly weighing session has been necessary. These additional
sessions are not attended by a Medical Officer, but are otherwise