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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bethnal Green 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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| 1932 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornwall Road | Hereford Street | ||||
| Sessions per week | 6 | 2 | |||
| Average attendance per Session | 52.7 | 51.9 | |||
| Doctors' attendances per week | 9 | 3 | |||
| Medical Consultations: Babies | 4,173 | 1,966 | |||
| Children | 2,856 | 1,239 | |||
| 1932. | 1931. | 1930. | 1929. | 1928. | |
| Total Attendances of Children | 18,668 | 19,100 | 19,843 | 18,481 | 19,373 |
| New Cases (Children) | 1,510 | 1,400 | 1,497 | 1,452 | 1,536 |
| New Cases (Mothers) | 724 | 740 | 716 | 761 | 759 |
| Medical Consultations— | |||||
| Children | 10,462 | 12,062 | 11,982 | 11,800 | 12,552 |
| Mothers | 1,956 | 1,906 | 1,702 | 1,688 | 1,726 |
| Statistics with regard to the attendances at the Maternity Clinic are given in detail later. | |||||
LITERATURE.
We have not added to our stock of literature during
the year, but the standing leaflets on Maternal and
Child Welfare and the booklet "To Fathers and
Mothers " are in regular use.
INFANT CONSULTATIONS.
Dr. Horton reports as follows :—
Cornwall Road Infant Consultations.
Five sessions each week are devoted to Infant Consultations,
three in the afternoon and two in the morning.
The morning clinics are new and are intended to save
mothers an additional journey to the centre and serve those
families receiving Milk Grants, the sessions for which are