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Bethnal Green 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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The auxiliary Centre at Thornton Hall, Mount
Street, was in use on Monday afternoons up to the 14th
September, when the work was transferred to St.
Matthew's Institute, Hereford Street. Infant Consultation
Sessions being held on Thursday afternoons as
well as Mondays and an Ante-Natal Clinic on Thursday
mornings. There were 35 Infant Consultation Sessions
at Thornton Hall and 29 at Hereford Street.
The following ratios may be of interest:—
| Ante-Natal Clinics | Children's Clinics | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Acreage per Centre | 380 | 380 | |
| Population per Centre | 54,600 | 54,600 | |
| Medical Sessions per 100 births | 8.5 | 31.1 | |
| Ratio of new expectant mothers or babies under 1, attending Centres respectively, to total net births | 24.l% | 65.3% | |
CHILDREN'S CLINICS. The statistics of attendances at the Centres during 1931 and in previous years are as follows:
| 1931 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornwall Road. | Thornton Hall. | Hereford Street. | |
| Babies (0—1): First attendances | 1,006 | 120 | 110 |
| Subsequent ,, | 9,395 | 1,068 | 867 |
| Children (1—5): First „ | 113 | 28 | 23 |
| Subsequent ,, | 4,999 | 699 | 672 |
| Total „ | 15,513 | 1,915 | 1,672 |
| Cornwall Road. | Thornton Hall. | Hereford Street. | |
| Sessions per week | 3 | — | 2 |
| Average attendance per Session | 93.5 | 54.7 | 57.6 |
| Doctors' attendances per week | 6 | — | 3 |
| Medical Consultations: Babies | 5,988 | 896 | 653 |
| Children | 3,419 | 568 | 534 |