Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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summary relating to the work at welfare centres
WELFARE CENTRE | North Marsh | Barley Mow | North Lambeth Babies' Care | Moffat | " Rose Mc Andrew " | St. Anne's | North Brixton | Loughborough Junction | Stockwell | Brixton | West Norwood | St. Thomas's Hospital (Main Building | St. Thomas's Hospital (37 Royal St.) | General Lying-in Hospital | Totals | |
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Total Numbers of Individual Cases Dealt With | 1. Ante-natal Cases | 57 | 168 | 378 | 100 | 376 | 304 | 163 | 361 | 197 | 349 | 373 | 692 | 75 | 467 | 4,060 |
2. Post-natal Cases | — | — | 20 | 1 | — | 154 | 5 | 56 | 47 | 131 | 106 | 396 | 99 | 241 | 1,256 | |
3. Nursing Mothers | 100 | 451 | 852 | 393 | 646 | 506 | 515 | 738 | 350 | 442 | 919 | 426 | 24 | 125 | 6,487 | |
4. Infants (under 1 year) | 102 | 452 | 1,096 | 336 | 909 | 308 | 515 | 924 | 588 | 760 | 629 | 483 | — | 125 | 7,227 | |
5. Children (aged 1-5 years) | 104 | 555 | 1,009 | 169 | 965 | 264 | 388 | 1,238 | 387 | 1,295 | 432 | 205 | 79 | 7,090 | ||
Total | 363 | 1,626 | 3,355 | 999 | 2,896 | 1,536 | 1,586 | 3,317 | 1,569 | 2,977 | 2,459 | 2,202 | 198 | 1,037 | 26,120 | |
Total Numbers op Sessions Held | I. Ante-natal | — | — | 49 | 27 | — | 43 | 50 | 107 | 57 | 96 | 100 | 151 | — | 303 | 983 |
2. Medical " Consultations " | 52 | 50 | 99 | 94 | 48 | 200 | 245 | 97 | 215 | 148 | 103 | _ | 148 | 1,585 | ||
3. Dental | _ | — | _ | 25 | — | — | — | 62 | — | 24 | 62 | 51 | _ | 95 | 319 | |
4. Toddlers | 12 | 12 | 26 | 21 | 52 | 33 | 47 | 50 | 12 | 24 | 47 | 100 | — | 66 | 502 | |
5. Others | 44 | 82 | 33 | 182 | 90 | 42 | 50 | 232 | — | 199 | 93 | — | 190 | 51 | 1,288 | |
Total | 108 | 144 | 207 | 341 | 236 | 166 | 347 | 696 | 166 | 558 | 450 | 405 | 190 | 663 | 4,677 | |
Total Numbers or all Attendances at the Sessions | 1. Ante-natal Cases: (a) Ante-natal | — | — | — | — | — | 321 | 326 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2,918 | 3,565 |
(b) Seen by Medical Officer | 21 | 65 | 309 | 305 | — | — | 1,850 | 1,772 | 8 64 | 1,236 | 1,537 | 3,279 | _ | 11,238 | ||
(c) Otherwise dealt with | 22 | 36 | _ | _ | _ | — | 177 | — | 43 | 383 | _ | — | _ | _ | 661 | |
— | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 441 | 77 | 254 | 52 | 233 | 1,057 | |||||
Ill | 118 | — | — | 862 | 194 | 135 | — | 41 | 45 | 141 | 649 | 2,296 | ||||
Total | 154 | 219 | 309 | 305 | 862 | 515 | 2,488 | 2,213 | 948 | 1,741 | 1,932 | 3,331 | 649 | 3,151 | 18,817 | |
Post-natal: | 11 | 154 | 82 | |||||||||||||
(6) Otherwise dealt with | 23 | |||||||||||||||
_ | _ | _ | _ | 71 | 96 | 7 | 174 | |||||||||
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 287 | 196 | 1,925 | — | 2.408 | |||||
Total | — | — | 11 | 4 | — | 154 | 31 | 82 | 52 | 553 | 398 | 403 | 1,925 | 333 | 3,946 | |
2. Nursing Mothers : (a) Seen by Medical Officer | 346 | 1,743 | 953 | 2,511 | 1,842 | 1,270 | 2,945 | 1,893 | 742 | 2,243 | 3,069 | 1,444 | — | 1,042 | 22,043 | |
(6) Otherwise dealt with | 493 | 805 | 1,238 | 2,407 | 1,701 | 1,962 | 3 831 | — | 48 | |||||||
(c) Dental | — | — | — | 65 | — | — | — | 505 | 43 | 32 | _ | — | 103 | 748 | ||
225 | 1,025 | 484 | 504 | — | 760 | — | — | 5 | 117 | — | — | 390 | — | 3,510 | ||
Total | 1,064 | 3,573 | 2,675 | 5,487 | 3,543 | 3,992 | 6,776 | 2,398 | 2,680 | 3,873 | 10,045 | 1,444 | 390 | 1,193 | 49.133 |