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62 Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1930.
The number of visits made by nurses in 1929 was 3,146
and the increase is due to the increase in the number of cases
of Influenza and Pneumonia.
Maternity and Child Welfare Centres.
There are now 12 Infant Welfare Centres in the Borough.
They are voluntary institutions receiving grant from the Borough
Council.
A new Centre was opened in April to serve Streatham Hill
and Clapham Park areas.
Each Centre has a Medical Officer, who attends at each
Infant or Ante-natal Clinic, together with a trained Superintendent
who visits the homes of children and expectant mothers
in addition to her duties at the clinics. The voluntary workers
at all the Centres continue to render valuable assistance at
the sessions and carry out all the work connected with the
keeping of records, and the purchase and sale of food, drugs
and clothing. They do no visiting.
The total number of new infants seen at the Centres during
1930, was 2,932, compared with 2,832 for the previous year,
and the total attendances were 55,322. The number of visits
paid by the Superintendents to infants was 7,662.
Nine of the 12 Centres have ante-natal clinics and 836
cases were examined at these clinics, compared with 717 in
1929.
During the year Balham and Streatham Welfare Centres
increased the ante-natal sessions held by another session each
month, and Fairfield Welfare Centre instituted an ante-natal
session to be held monthly.
The following is a list of the Welfare Centres in the Borough
together with the hours at which the clinics are held:—