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Hackney 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: The work done at the Infant Welfare Center during the yearis shown in the following table:-

The work done at the Infant Welfare Center during the year

is shown in the following table:-

Centre.No. of (sessions held.No. of children brought to the Centre for the first time.No. of children who attended at the Centre during the year and who, at the end of the year, were:—Total No. of attendances.Total No. of attendances of infants and children before Doctor.
Under 1 year.Over 1 year.Under 1 year.Over 1 year.Under 1 year.Over 1 year.
1. Brooksby's Walk5123548204361270519481890
2. Lauriston Road5123235211296280915281691
3. Lower Clapton Road9436172318491478122382460
4. Mayfield Road10036185309428524127713151
5. Northwold Road10238074292571525031492857
6. *Eton Mission9812725127188260318671999
7. *Hackney Mothers and Babies50122258912916468671031
8. *St. Martin's Mission26438293923796304
9. *West Hackney4918560320165235115431405
Totals6212046 ,43218992668276231600716788

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* Voluntary Centres.
The attendances of children at the Infant Welfare Centres
have been fully maintained. The number of children attending the
Centres for the first time in relation to the number of births
registered during the last five years is as follows:—
1931 72 per cent.
1932 86
1933 84
1934 84
1935 84
Ante-Natal Centres.—Ante-natal consultations are held at all
the Municipal Infant Welfare Centres and at one of the Voluntary
Centres.

Table: The following is a table of the work done at the Ante-natal Centres during the year:—

The following is a table of the work done at the Ante-natal Centres during the year:—

CENTRES.No. of Sessions held.No. of Expectant Mothers attending (first visits)No. of repeated attendances at Centre.Total attendances.No. of examinations by Doctor.
1. Brooksby's Walk5193346439437
2. Lauriston Road51121408529505
3. Lower Clapton Road102215765980945
4. Mayfield Road47105324429401
5. Northwold Road48113423536434
6. *Eton Mission4854421475397
Totals347701268733883119

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Voluntary Centre.