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 St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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An additional reason for the amalgamation of certain of the centres and for a centralisation
of this work is afforded by the great variation in method which exists at present. To
some extent this is probably due to the origin of the centres; these were started by voluntary
workers who, doubtless, had their own views as to the manner in which the work should be
carried out. The Superintendents of each centre also vary somewhat in their procedure, but
to a certain extent work in the lines initiated by the voluntary committees who still manage
each centre. The following tabie gives the number of new cases at each centre, the number
of attendances, and the number of visits paid by the staff during the past five years:—
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE SCHEME.
Number of New Cases, Attendances and Visits at each Centre during five years (1921-1925)).
Attendances at Consultations.
expectant mothers. | children. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Centre. | New cases. | Attendances. | Centre. | New cases. | Attendances. | ||
Total. | Average No. per case. | Total. | Average No. per case. | ||||
Caversham Road | 283 | 1317 | 4.7 | South Highgate | 432 | 10001 | 23.2 |
Chalton Street | 309 | 1224 | 4.0 | Chalton Street | 1059 | 24252 | 22.9 |
Grafton Road | 193 | 768 | 4.0 | Ampthill Square | 1769 | 36457 | 20.6 |
Ampthill Square | 978 | 3105 | 3.2 | Mary Ward | 725 | 14335 | 19.8 |
Mary Ward | 145 | 449 | 3.1 | Queen's Crescent | 2114 | 40912 | 19.4 |
Argyle Square | 69 | 191 | 2.8 | Caversham Road | 914 | 16858 | 18.4 |
Camden Town | 510 | 1330 | 2.6 | Oakley Square | 1179 | 21590 | 18.3 |
Queen's Crescent | 644 | 1571 | 2.4 | Grafton Road | 1445 | 22673 | 15.7 |
South Highgate | 41 | 100 | 2.4 | Camden Town | 2003 | 30255 | 15.1 |
Oakley Square | 727 | 830 | 1.1 | Argyle Square | 422 | 5445 | 12.9 |
Visits (Including visits bv Voluntary trained workers).
EXPECTANT MOTHERS. | CHILDREN. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Centre, | New cases. | Visits. | Centre. | New cases. | Visits. | ||
Total. | A verage No. per case. | Total. | AverEge No. per case. | ||||
Argyle Square | 69 | 786 | 11.4 | Chalton Street | 1059 | 36747 | 34.7 |
Chalton Street | 309 | 3469 | 11.2 | Ampthill Square | 1769 | 53451 | 30.2 |
South Highgate | 41 | 358 | 8.7 | South Highgate | 432 | 7743 | 17.9 |
Grafton Road | 193 | 1463 | 7.6 | Caversham Road | 914 | 15269 | 16.7 |
Ampthill Square | 978 | 5880 | 6.0 | Grafton Road | 1445 | 23292 | 16.1 |
Mary Ward | 145 | 870 | 6.0 | Mary Ward | 725 | 11187 | 15.4 |
Camden Town | 510 | 2892 | 5.7 | Argyle Square | 422 | 6157 | 14.6 |
Caversham Road | 283 | 1103 | 3.9 | Queen's Crescent | 2114 | 23445 | 11.1 |
Queen's Crescent | 644 | 1630 | 2.5 | Oakley Square | 1179 | 11866 | 10.1 |
Oakley Square | 727 | 1518 | 2.1 | Camden Town | 2003 | 19247 | 9.6 |