[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Northfleet U.D.C.

  • Northfleet (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1938
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    REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE CLINIC AND ANTE-NATAL CLINIC, FOR THE YEAR, 1938. To the Chairman and Members of the Northfleet Urban District Council. Mr. Chairman, Mrs. Lane and Gentlemen, It gives me great pleasure to report to you that your Child Welfare Clinic has completed a most successful year. The attend¬ ances during 1938 have far exceeded those of any previous year, these attendances having numbered 5,181. I can confidently say that the work done by this department of your social services has very largely contributed to the high standard of infant health in Northfleet. The Clinics continue to be held bi-weekly—ij hour sessions on Mondays and Thursdays—and in addition the Health Visitor is in attendance daily to assist mothers, and to dispense food.. Free milk continues to be provided to necessitous cases under the Ministry of Health’s Regulations. This is a tremendous help in many homes, and assures that no infant in Northfleet need suffer from mal¬ nutrition. With the completion during the year of the new Housing Estate, it may be found necessary to change the location of your Child Welfare Centre, or alternatively, to establish a subsidiary Centre further east. I would like to take this opportunity of thanking the Ladies of the Committee for their great help and assistance,and the Health Visitor for her co-operation in the work of the Centre. I would also like to record my grateful thanks to you, Mr. Chairman, Mrs. Lane and Gentlemen, for the helpful provisions you have made for the care of the children in our District. The Ante-Natal Clinic continues to be held one day each week. I am pleased to be able to inform you that the attendances at this Clinic show great improvement on previous years ; 32 Expectant Mothers came for advice during the year, the total number of attendances being 118. I have the honour to be, Air. Chairman, Mrs. Lane and Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, JAMES CRAWFORD, M.B., Ch.B.