[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Penzance U.D.C. / Borough.
- Penzance (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1945
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Penzance U.D.C. / Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![To Children between the ages of i and 5 years : I944- r945- Total Visits 785. Total Visits 1,698. Infant Welfare Centres. Four Infant Welfare Centres are maintained by the Borough Council : Penzance (held weekly). Heamoor (two sessions held monthly). Newlyn (two sessions held monthly). Mousehole (two sessions held monthly). The Penzance Infant Welfare Centre removed from the premises of Alverne House to the Science School, Morrab Road, on October 3rd, 1945. In spite of this further change in so short a time, the service suffered no interruption and attendances have so increased that larger premises are required or, alternatively, another weekly session commenced, to cope with the numbers. Total number of children who attended the first time during the year : at the Centres for Number of Centres 1944. 4 ]945- 4 (1) Children under 1 year of age ... 246 !95 (2) Children between 1 and 5 years attended for the first time 24 10 Percentage of live births represented in (j) above 58.01 50 Ante-Natal and Post-Natal Clinic : Total number of women who attended at the Clinic for the first time during the year : Ante-Natal. Post-Natal. 1944 ... 121 2 1945 •••94 2 More private medical practitioners have during this year referred their cases to the Council than formerly.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29986758_0010.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
