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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Table. III.
Return of Attendances, Visits and Consultations at the various Welfare Centres in the Borough during 1936.
Centre. | Attendances at Consultations. | Visits by Trainid Visitors. | Consultations | N umber of Visitor*. | |||||||||||||||||
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Expectant Mothers. | Children. | Expectant Mothers. | Children. | Children. | Expectant Mothers. | ||||||||||||||||
No. of Birtii Notifications allocated to centre. | New cases. | Total attendances. | New cages. | Total attendances. | |||||||||||||||||
Under 1 year. | 1 -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. Pftiicras School for Mothers | 118 | 38 | 89 | 196 | 12 | 30 | 238 | 2627 | 1077 | 767 | 4471 | 214 | 685 | 446 | 6120 | 14 | 172 | 1 | 12 | 3 | _ |
Camden Town Centre | 630 | 165 | 395 | 422 | 48 | 48 | 518 | 5381 | 1831 | 1810 | 9022 | 340 | 495 | 574 | 4671 | 20 | 255 | 2 | 25 | 4 | — |
Cftvershain Road Centre | 353 | 138 | 647 | 292 | 33 | 48 | 373 | 4035 | 917 | 1157 | 6109 | 388 | 662 | 396 | 5193 | 12 | 146 | 4 | 49 | 2 | 2* |
North St. Pancras School for Mothers | 488 | 118 | 359 | 352 | 28 | 54 | 434 | 5031 | 1355 | 1100 | 7486 | 243 | 658 | 596 | 5179 | 16 | 205 | 3 | 36 | 3 | — |
Somers Town Centre | 408 | 47 | 175 | 264 | 29 | 27 | 320 | 3583 | 1397 | 977 | 5957 | 216 | 474 | 413 | 5005 | 16 | 203 | 1 | 13 | s | — |
South Highgate Centre | 148 | — | _ | 80 | 15 | 10 | 105 | 1722 | 750 | 578 | 3050 | 77 | 122 | 143 | 1607 | 8 | 105 | — | — | 1 | — |
JfRoyal Free Hospital | — | 99 | 452 | 34 | 6 | 21 | 61 | 425 | 177 | 239 | 841 | 153 | 185 | 72 | 236 | 12 | 157 | 3 | 155 | — | 3 |
UniversityCollege Hospital | — | 539 | 2868 | 292 | 21 | 42 | 355 | 1864 | 402 | 791 | 3057 | 202 | 307 | 94 | 1924 | 18 | 203 | 18 | 203 | — | 2 |
Totals | 2450 | 1144 | 4985 | 1898 | 186 | 259 | 2401 | 24668 | 7906 | 7419 | 39993 | 1733 | 3488 | 2734 | 29935 | 116 | 1446 | 32 | 493 | 16 | 7 |
* Two Part-time trained Visitors. On the 29th December the Superintendent died, and a part-time temporary Visitor was appointed.
An additional visitor was also attached to the following Centres
North St. Pancras School for Mothers, 2 days a week ; Caversham Road, 3 days a week ; and South Highgate, for 1 day a week,
† Figures refer to St. Pancras cases only.
(In addition to the above visits were made by Student visitors attacked to Centres, as follows :—Ampthill Square 60 ; Camden Town 1013 ;
and Caversham Hoad 551.)
‡ See explanatory remarks regarding these two centres on page 103.