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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
Hornsey 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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TABLE 3A
| Name of Centre | No. of sessions held | No. of first attendances under 1 year | No. of attendances | Total attendances | No. of cases seen by M.O. | Average attendance per session | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | Overl but under 2 years | Over 2 but under 5 years | ||||||
| Burgoyne Rd. | 156 | 198 | 4,042 | 657 | 93 | 4,792 | 1,085 | 30.7 |
| Church Rd. | 154 | 208 | 3,136 | 680 | 153 | 3,969 | 1,604 | 25.8 |
| Fortis Green | 160 | 247 | 3,724 | 746 | 403 | 4,873 | 1,759 | 30.5 |
| Hornsey Town Hall | 204 | 384 | 5,909 | 1,061 | 541 | 7,511 | 3,090 | 36.8 |
| 104 | 190 | 3,349 | 864 | 330 | 4,543 | 1,732 | 43.7 | |
| Stroud Green | 103 | 158 | 2,501 | 602 | 284 | 3,387 | 833 | 32.9 |
| The Chestnuts | 259 | 555 | 7,326 | 1,182 | 466 | 8,974 | 2,719 | 34.6 |
| Lordship Lane | 256 | 391 | 5,456 | 1,146 | 402 | 7,004 | 1,543 | 27.4 |
| Park Lane | 208 | 344 | 5,448 | 1,025 | 387 | 6,860 | 1,659 | 32.5 |
| Totals 1954 | 1,604 | 2,675 | 40,891 | 7,963 | 3,059 | 51,913 | 16,024 | 32.4 |
| 1953 | 1,622 | 2,769 | 42,213 | 8,645 | 3,551 | 54,409 | 16,444 | 33.5 |
Toddlers Clinics
These clinics are held for children over two years of age, and the
mothers get a special appointment to come and bring their young
children. It is important that the numbers attending the clinic are kept
low, giving at least 15 minutes for each mother. The children generally
are healthy, well fed, and well clothed and very little departure from the
normal is found. In spite of this, most mothers have a complaint, that
the child won't eat, is thin, is afraid of the dark, or some other personal
difficulty in child rearing.
Here is the beginning of anxiety on the mother's part about to be
transferred to the child, and at some future date it may blossom forth
as a disabling defect in the young adult. To combat this anxiety takes
times and experience on the doctor's part, and it is becoming more
generally recognised that help is needed by the medical officers in this
task of allaying anxiety. A beginning has been made towards greater
contact between the Child Guidance team and these doctors, and we
hope before another year has passed that a firm programme can be
reported.
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