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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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For the two Prevvious yeas the total attendance of children were 43,839 and 45,123.
| Centre. | Attendances at Consultations. | Visits by Trained Visitors. | Consultations. | Number of Visitors. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expectant Mothers. | Children. | Expectant Mothers. | Children. | Infants. | Expectant Mothers. | |||||||||||||||
| New cases. | Total attendances. | |||||||||||||||||||
| New cases. | Total attendances. | Under 1 year. | 10-2 years. | 2-5 years. | Total. | Under 1 year. | 1-2 years. | 2-5 years. | Total. | First visits. | Total visits. | First visits. | Total visits. | Per month. | Total. | Per month. | Total. | Council Staff. | Others. | |
| St. Pancras School for Mothers | 53 | 161 | 219 | 18 | 27 | 264 | 2828 | 1044 | 939 | 4811 | 232 | 418 | 456 | 4152 | 14 | 170 | 1 | 12 | 3 | — |
| Somers Town Centre | 66 | 186 | 321 | 27 | 27 | 375 | 4351 | 1718 | 1065 | 7134 | 210 | 504 | 429 | 4634 | 16 | 197 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1(a) |
| North St. Pancras i School for Mothers | 145 | 387 | 336 | 22 | 30 | 388 | 4066 | 1495 | 1153 | 7314 | 148 | 499 | 471 | 3917 | 18 | 211 | 2 | 24 | 3 | — |
| South Highgate Centre | — | — | 75 | 18 | 14 | 107 | 1129 | 434 | 387 | 1950 | 75 | 159 | 135 | 1458 | 8 | 79(c) | — | — | 1 | — |
| Camden Town Centre | 184 | 483 | 434 | 87 | 55 | 576 | 6030 | 1847 | 1666 | 9543 | 327 | 475 | 664 | 4795 | 20 | 248 | 2 | 23 | 5 | — |
| Caversham Road Centre | 138 | 810 | 307 | 37 | 46 | 390 | 3850 | 1121 | 1105 | 6076 | 189 | 571 | 438 | 6055 | 12 | 142 | 4 | 48 | 2 | 2(b) |
| ‡University College Hospital | 668 | 3470 | 367 | 18 | 35 | 420 | 2253 | 461 | 395 | 3109 | 212 | 214 | 132 | 3476 | 18 | 202 | 18 | 203 | — | 2 |
| †Royal Free Hospital | 177 | 753 | — | — | — | 129 | 440 | 186 | 221 | 847 | 182 | 221 | 107 | 447 | 12 | 151 | 12 | 150 | — | 3 |
| Totals | 1431 | 6250 | — | — | — | 2649 | 85547 | 8306 | 6931 | 40784 | 1575 | 3061 | 2832 | 28934 | 118 | 1404 | 40 | 471 | 16 | 8 |
An additional visitor was also attached to the following Centres :—
North St. Pancras School for Mothers, for 2 days a week; Caversham Road, for 3 days a week ; South Highgate, for 1 day a week.
(a) 1 part—time trained visitor (honorary) for 28 days.
(b) 2 part—time trained visitors, Caversham Road.
(c) 1 of the weekly consultations suspended for 6 months.
† Figures refer to St. Pancras cases only. (At University College Hospital there is, in addition to these 2 Health Visitors, 1 Sister with 5 Visiting
Maternity Nurses who are detailed to visit special ante—natal cases.)