[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton].

  • Acton (London, England). Municipal Borough.
Date:
[1941?]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    9 premises were acquired at Hook Heath near Woking. Acting on a a Ministry Circular, the local Supervising Authority for Maternity and Child Welfare in the reception area was made responsible for the administration of the Home, and since the date of thisi Circular the Surrey County Council have taken over the administration of the Nursery. Since being evacuated to Woking, all the children have improved in physical appearance, brought about doubtless by the regularity of a well balanced diet in addition to the general training necessaw for young children. Nurse Children.— The number of Nurse children visited by the Infant Life Protection visitors during 1940 was 21. This low figure as compared with previous years may be accounted, for by the fact that Acton is an evacuation area. Milk for Children and Mothers,.— The Ministry of Health arranged for children between 2 and 5 years to receive daily a pint of liquid milk, and this has been extended to Expectant and Nursing Mothers. In May 1940 the Ministry of Health further provided a National Dried Milk for young babies. Both these schemes are administered by the Food Executive Office on behalf of the Ministry of Health and Food. Actual figures of milk provided under this scheme cannot be given as the local Food Officer is unable to provide me with this information. He has been instructed by the Ministry of Food that such information is confidential. During the year 1940 the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee sold 8,083 lbs. of proprietary dried foods and issued free 3,886 lbs. As a consequence of the issue of milk by the Ministry of Food, there is a considerable drop in the amount of dried food sold and issued free by the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee. TABLE 1. INFANT WELFARE CENTRES, 1940. Number of Centres provided and maintained by the Council Total number of attendances at all Centres during the year:- 4 (a) By children under 1 year of age 6,092 (b) By children between 1 and 5 years of age 3,480 Number of children who attended for the first time during the year: — (a) Under 1 year of age 550 (b) Between 1 and 5 years of age 93