[Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • East Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council
Date:
1950
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Credit: [Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    20/78 (page 16)
    Ini-ANT AA'elfare Centres. IMie ])()})ulariiy of Infant Welfare Centres eontinned and total attendanees have a<^ain ineianised ])y nearly d,(h)0 on the previous >'ear\s ti^iires. t)iie thonsainl five hnndred and forty-two children ninter one yt'ar of a^e atteinhal the eenti-es dnrin^' tin* year, representing- 4(S% of the re^'istered live births. It is a^ain ])leasin^' to note an increase anionntin^' to over 4()t) in tlu' nninher of (diildren between the a^'es of one and tiv(' years wlio wei'e attending’ the centres. The jiolicy of providing trans])oi't from outlying small villages to the nearest IVelfare Centres lias been further extended, and at the end of the year these facilities existed in relation to the Centres at Market Weigliton, Patrington, Skirlangh, Stamford Bridge, Riccall and Bubwith. At the end of the year, 44 Infant Welfai-e Centres were operating, new ones having been opened at Bubwith, Keying- ham and Weaverthorpe.