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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
St Pancras 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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The attendances are classified as follows:—
| Centre. | Expectant Mothers. | attendances at consultations. | Visits by Trained Visitors. | Infant Consultations. | Expectant Mothers' Consultations. | Number of Trained Visitors. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children. | Expectant Mothers. | Children. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| New cases. | Total attendances. | New cases. | Total attendances. | First visits. | Total visits. | First visits. | Total visits. | |||||||||||||||
| Under 1 year. | Over 1 year | Total. | Under 1 year. | Over 1 year. | Total. | Visitors paid by Borough Council. | Trained workers not paid by | Visitors paid by Borough Council. | Trained workers not paid by | Visitors paid by Borough Council. | Trained workers not paid by Borough Council. | Visitors paid by Borough Council. | Trained workers not paid by Borough .Council. | Per week. | Total. | Per week. | Total. | Whole Time. | Part Time. | |||
| Town Hall Health | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 205 | - | 447 | - | 1,178 | - | 3,182 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Visitors St. Pancras School for Mothers— | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ampthill Square | 250 | 738(1) | 363 | 23 | 386 | - | - | 8,700 | 745 | - | 1,266 | - | 1,166 | - | 9,192 | 75 | 5½ | 266 | 1 | 50 | 4 | - |
| Chalton Street | 67 | 278 | 153 | 43 | 196 | 2,414 | 2,716 | 5,130 | 425 | - | 821 | - | 493 | - | 3,744 | 4,732(2) | 3 | 151 | ½ | 25 | 2 | 2(3) |
| North St. Pancras | 148 | 330 | 496 | 35 | 531 | 6,342 | 1,979 | 8,321 | 30 | - | 380 | - | 680 | - | 4,396 | - | 4 | 202 | 1 | 52 | 3 | - |
| School for Mothers, Queen's Crescent South Highgate Centre | 10 | 31 | 70 | 4 | 74 | 1,323 | 459 | 1,782 | 18 | - | 82 | - | 89 | - | 1,542 | - | 1 | 51 | - | 15 | 1 | - |
| Grafton Road Centre | 16 | 37 | 300 | 126 | 426 | 2,726 | 1,175 | 3,901 | 78 | - | 78 | - | 506 | - | 1,709 | -(4) | 2 | 99 | - | - | 1 | - |
| Mary Ward Settlement | 32 | 100 | 122 | 26 | 148 | 1,657 | 947 | 2,604 | 106 | 14 | 242 | 20 | 332 | 41 | 2,105 | 389(5) | 3 | 147 | - | - | 1 | - |
| School for Mothers Camden Town Centre, Camden Road Argyle Square Group of | 125 | 267 | 420 | 88 | 508 | 4,368 | 1,793 | 6,161 | 283 | 78 | 550 | 133 | 683 | 79 | 3,918 | 508 | 4 | 200 | 1 | 50 | 3 | - |
| Centres— | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Argyle Square | 35 | 88 | 100 | 1 | 101 | 1,594 | 250 | 1,844 | 138 | 2,18(8) | 1½ | 62 | ½ | 21 | 3(6) | |||||||
| Oseney Crescent | 74 | 190 | 145 | 14 | 159 | 2,677 | 756 | 3,433 | - | 585 | - | 628 | 57(7) | 7,698 | 1½ | 75 | ½ | 24 | - | |||
| Falkland Road | - | - | 138 | - | 138 | 2,266 | - | 2,266 | 1 | 51 | - | - | ||||||||||
| (10) Maternity Nursing Association, Oakley Square | 215 | 241 | 376 | - | 376 | - | - | 4,431 | 207 | - | 295 | - | 668 | - | 2,586 | - | 2 | 102 | ½ | 12 | 1 | - |
| University College Hospital | 1,424 | 2,833 | 742 | - | 742 | - | - | 3,239 | - | - | - | - | - | 410 | - | 4,631 | 2 | 103 | 1 | 49 | - | 2(9) |
| Royal Free Hospital— | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gray's Inn Road | 185 | 720 | 58 | 13 | 71 | 378 | 143 | 521 | 220 | - | 840 | - | 219 | 51 | 908 | 51 | 2 | 73 | 2 | 102 | - | 1 |
| Marlborough Maternity Section | 190 | 473 | 109 | - | 109 | 267 | - | 267 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 52 | 2 | 100 | - | - |
| Totals | 2,771 | 6,332 | 3,592 | 373 | 3,965 | - | - | 52,600 | 2,455 | 92 | 5,586 | 153 | 6,642 | 638 | 40,980 | 12,567 | 33¼ | 1,634 | 9¾ | 500 | 19 | 5 |
| (1) In addition to 1,374 attendances of "ailing mothers." (2) In addition to 20 visits by unqualified students. (3) Voluntary trained workers. (4) 160 visits by untrained voluntary workers. (5) In addition to 22 visits by untrained workers. (6) In addition to one full-time trained voluntary worker. (7) In addition to 10 visited by unqualified students. (8) In addition to 336 visits by unqualified students. (9) Paid by the hospital and not by Borough Council. (10) Year ended 31st March, 1922. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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