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Number of births notified 2,440
Number of births un-notified 398
Number of deaths under 1 month of age 71
Number of deaths under 1 year of age 146
The staff at the Centre now consists of a permanent Medical
Officer, five Health Visitors and a Clerk.
Owing to the need for economy urged by the Ministry during
this year a sixth Health Visitor has not been appointed, and the
work has been somewhat hampered; it is to be hoped that this
will be rectified during the coming year.
In spite of the small staff the standard of work is very high
and the number of visits well maintained, though it is impossible
to re-visit and follow up cases in a satisfactory manner.
Applications for free milk for expectant mothers and children
under three years of age increase rather than decrease—£2,000
worth was supplied to necessitous cases—and dealing with these
takes up a good deal of valuable time.
Attendances at the clinics have increased, and the statistics
are very encouraging.
Four Infant Consultations, an Ante-Natal Clinic arc held at
the White House, a clinic at North Woolwich and one at Manor
Park every week.
No fresh accommodation has yet been found at Manor Park,
and the condition of the rooms there leaves much to be desired.
Another branch clinic near the south-west boundary of the
Borough is becoming more and more necessary for mothers living
in that neighbourhood.
The Medical Officer is in attendance at the White House every
morning, from 9 to 12 noon, to see special cases, e.g., test feeds,
babies with acute digestive troubles requiring special attention,
with discharging eyes or infectious skin diseases, and an average
of six cases a morning is maintained.
Maternity Accommodation.
The County Borough of East Ham has no Maternity Home of
its own at present.
Arrangements have been made for the accommodation of
cases at the Howards Road Maternity Home, Plaistow, whose
management reserve five beds for the use of East Ham patients,
and at Queen Mary's Hospital, West Ham.