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Southwark 1923

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

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Table: MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE CENTRES. Showing the Attendances at the several Centres and Visits paid by Health Visitors. TABLE 21.

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MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE CENTRES. Showing the Attendances at the several Centres and Visits paid by Health Visitors. TABLE 21.

	CENTRES. •													Total.
	la.	1b.	\| 2a.	2b.	3a.	3b.	4a.	4b.	5.	6a.	6b.	6c.	7.	Total.
Number of Births notified during the year	527	523	407	379	389	396	367	306	336	575	222	155	45	4627
Number of individual children attending the Centre during year	325	710	453	366	369	329	382	458	474	581	359	167	69	5042
Number of Sessions held during the year	88	94	94	94	96	48	86	94	90	92	90	44	104	1114
Number of new cases attending the Centres during the year —
(1) Expectant Mothers	154	24	59	45	9	11		49	57	12	60	1	992	1473
(2) Infants under 1 year	281	497	321	261	250	251	245	264	280	379	185	120	66	3400
(3) Seen by Doctor	225	376	229	191	200	175	189	236	222	314	180	60	66	2663
(4) Children 1 to 5 years	44	213	132	105	119	78	137	194	194	202	106	47	3	1574
(5) Seen by Doctor	37	107	75	76	67	46	94	169	136	139	86	18	3	1053
Method of Feeding—(a) Breast	236	409	217	199	191	240	171	225	219	304	221	81	55	2768
(b) Breast and bottle	19	37	56	30	23	21	40	15	23	36	25	14	5	344
(c) Bottle	24	58	49	30	41	17	33	26	35	34	15	25	7	395
(d) Ordinary diet	46	206	131	107	114	51	138	192	196	207	98	47	2	1535
Total number of attendances at the Centres during the year—
(1) Mothers	6654	7123	4725	4626	5552	3904	3715	5315	3394	5336	5175	1754	938	58211
(2) Expectant Mothers	586	209	109	164	39	85	—	92	140	111	72	7	3020	4634
(3) Infants under 1 year	3844	4941	3078	3174	3756	2523	■2080	3258	2165	3197	3163	1237	938	37354
(4) Children 1 to 5 years	2101	1868	1897	1469	1776	1071	1289	2415	1449	1451	1683	1001	317	19787
(1) Average number of attendances	75.6	75.8	50.3	49.2	57.8	81.3	43.2	56.5	37.7	58.0	57.5	39.9	9.0	—
(2) do. do.	6.7	2.2	1.2	1.7	0.4	1.8	—	1.0	1.6	1.2	0.8	0.2	29.0	—
(3) do. do.	43.7	52.6	32.7	33.8	39.1	52.6	24.2	34 7	24.1	34.7	35.1	28.1	9.0	—
(4) do, do.	23.9	19.9	20.2	15'6	18.5	22.3	15.0	25.7	161	15.8	18.7	22.8	3.0	—
(5) Total number of attendances of Infants seen by Doctor during the year	1008	1212	1119	1416	1464	888	1369	2400	1193	1734	1920	542	938	17203
(6) Total number of attendances of children 1 to 5 years seen by Doctor during the year	351	294	590	579	564	345	763	1200	810	744	793	422	317	7772
(7) Post.natal cases	1364	1095	1619	1085	1400	1284	1217	2631	1826	1529	1792	406	938	18186
(8) Children weighed	4332	6127	4102	3912	4569	3157	3277	4440	3378	4565	4472	2250	1254	49835
Total number of first visits paid by Health Visitors to homes of—
(1) Expectant Mothers	172	153	79	104	78	62	13	220	233	127	55	17	1049	2362
(2) Infants under 1 year	536	538	399	392	402	424	349	329	335	601	223	146	45	4719
(3) Children 1 to 5 years	27	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	9		—	4	—	41
Total number of revisits paid by Health Visitors to homes of—
(1) Expectant Mothers	268	77	15	1	43	—	-	—	326	9	41	146	1459	2385
(2) Infants under 1 year	2308	2358	1500	1513	1565	2231	1929	2368	1833	2150	1473	1321	961	23513
(3) Children 1 to 5 years	3024	2644	1639	2035	1381	1885	2389	1955	2654	2590	2077	2271	1029	27573

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Southwark 1923

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Table: MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE CENTRES. Showing the Attendances at the several Centres and Visits paid by Health Visitors. TABLE 21.

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