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Southwark 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]

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Table: Partly Municipal and Partly Voluntary.3 aCENTRE.

Partly Municipal and Partly Voluntary.

3 aCENTRE.

(a) Number of cases attending the Centre during the year—
(1) Expectant Mothers25
(2) Infants under 1 year257
(3) Children 1 to 5 years81
(b) The total number of Attendances—
(1) Expectant Mothers113
(2) Infants under 1 year2367
(3) Children 1 to 5 years1543
(c) Average number of Attendances for the year—
(1) Expectant Mothers2.1
(2) Infants under 1 year51.4
(3) Children 1 to 5 years33.5
(d) Total number of Infants under 1 year seen by doctor during the year782
Total number of children 1 to 5 years seen by doctor during the year582
(e) Total number of Attendances of Infants seen by doctor during the year1306
Total number of Attendances of children 1 to 5 years seen by doctor during the year806
(f) Total number of 1st visits paid by salaried workers to homes of—
(1) Expectant Mothers45
(2) Children under 1 year—
(3) Children 1 to 5 years—
(g) Total number of home re-visits paid by salaried workers to homes of—
(1) Expectant Mothers217
(2) Infants under 1 year2170
(3) Children 1 to 5 years544
(h) The total number of 1st visits paid by voluntary workers to homes of—
(1) Expectant Mothers—
(2) Infants under 1 year7
(3) Children 1 to 5 years16
(I) The total number of home re-visits paid by voluntary workers to homes of —
(1) Expectant Mothers—
(2) Infants under 1 year368
(3) Children 1 to 5 years254
Number of-Sessions held46
(J) Method of feeding infants attending the Centre during the year -
(1) Breast221(2) Bottle35
(3) Breast and bottle43(4) Ordinary diet39

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Note.—A voluntary worker is one who is not paid a salary.