[Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Northampton County Borough.
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- 1960
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Maternal and Child Care (<continued)
Concern is expressed at the risk of possible infection in child welfare
centres where the number of mothers exceeds 50, plus children, during the
course of a session. During the year, the average attendance of mothers
has exceeded 50 at six of the fifteen centres.
Table 20 (below) gives the average attendances and consultations at
the fifteen child welfare centres.
Table 20. Northampton C.B., 1960.
Child Welfare Centres. Statistics.
DAY OF
MEETING
AVERAGE ATTENDANCE
PER WEEK
Average
Number
seen by
Doctor
per
Session
CENTRE
Mothers
Children
under
1 year
Children
1—2
years
Children
2—5
years
Total
Children
under
5 years
Abington Avenue ...
Thursday ...
68
56
10
19
85
19
Broadmead ..
Monday ......
70
43
17
26
86
22
Dallington ...............
Monday ......
50
32
16
10
58
15
Doddridge Memorial
Wednesday
74
57
16
11
84
23
Far Cotton ...___
Monday ..
64
49
15
12
76
14
Kings Heath ............
Thursday ...
44
32
9
11
52
13
Kingsley Park ..
Monday ......
46
30
12
17
59
20
Kingsthorpe .
Tuesday
98
78
16
15
109
16
St. David’s ..
Friday ..
34
29
11
7
47
12
*St. Giles’ Street ......
Monday ..
33
24
6
5
35
13
*St. Giles’Street ......
Tuesday .
44
26
14
16
56
21
*St, Giles’ Street
Wednesday
47
34
12
9
55
14
*St. Giles’ Street .
Thursday ...
29
20
5
5
30
15
*St. Giles’ Street .
Friday .
30
21
8
8
37
12
Wheatfield Road ..
Friday
37
25
11
10
46
14
Totals.
768
556
178
181
915
2431
* Held at St. Giles’ Street Infant Welfare Centre, erected by Corporation in 1936 ;
remainder held on hired premises.
f The decrease in the numbers seen by Doctors is due to the fact that immunisa¬
tions are now carried out at special sessions held at some centres every month.
Voluntary Work. The Northampton Maternity and Infant Welfare
Voluntary Association has 142 members. One of their main activities
is to help at the fifteen child welfare centres previously mentioned.
A free copy of the Baby Book issued by the National Baby Week
Council is given to every new mother.
The Association is also responsible for the Mothers’ Club which is
held on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from September to April, and
has very good attendances. The mothers, who pay a small fee for each
session of twelve weeks, are taught dressmaking and other crafts. Coffee
mornings and Bring and Buy Sales are held in addition to an Exhibition
of Work done at the Club.