London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Bexley 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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| Year | Live Births | Still Births | No. of Health Visitors | Visits made to:— | Centres (Children) | Centres (Antenatal) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expectant Mothers | Children under 1 | Child-ren 1 to 5 | No. of Attendances | First Attenders | % of Births | Attendances | No. of Expectant Mothers | % of Births | ||||||||
| First | Total | First | Total | Under 1 | 1 to 5 | Under 1 | 1 to 5 | |||||||||
| 12 | 2 | 133 | 515 | 3683 | 65.1 | 200 | ||||||||||
| 1931 | 516 | 2 | 561 | 3318 | 3565 | 1921 | 361 | |||||||||
| 608 | 15 | 2 | 3716 | 2159 | 1085 | |||||||||||
| 694 | 23 | 2 | 245 | 2913 | 2028 | 102 | 1282 | |||||||||
| 1934 | 2 | 124 | 5014 | 2879 | 150 | 1300 | 31.4 | |||||||||
| 1045 | 2 | 104 | 3809 | 2502 | 571 | 1468 | ||||||||||
| 1936 | 127 | 4751 | 6882 | 11315 | 3768 | 546 | 58.1 | 1444 | ||||||||
| 1319 | 53 | 686 | 1233 | 5143 | 6816 | ‡5215 | 2538 | 546 | ||||||||
* 2 for 2/rds. of year. † 4 for 2/3rds. of year.
‡These figures relate to children attending and do not include
visits to collect food for a child as in previous years.