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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
Southgate 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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In an early section of this report I passed comment on the
satisfactory infantile mortality rate for the year, a rate to which
our Maternity and Child Welfare Services must surely have contributed.
This shows us what can and should be done; it also points
the way to greater achievements. Unfortunately, present-day
conditions are not on our side; even to hold what we already have
calls for sustained, strenuous effort. In no field of social medicine
will the effort be more worth-while and show a greater yield. The
future lies with youth, but whether or not there is a future at all
depends not on youth but on us.
STATISTICS OF ATTENDANCES AND WORK DONE
AT THE WELFARE CENTRES DURING 1946.
Number on Registers:—
| Under 1 year. | Over 1 year. | Totals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946. | 1945. | |||
| January 1st, 1946 | 558 | 1,064 | 1,622 | 1,445 |
| December 31st, 1946 | 1,820 | 1,588 | 3,408 | 3,017 |
| New cases during 1946 | 1,262 | 524 | 1,786 | 1,572 |
Seventy-four of the new cases under 1 year were "removals'' into
the district. The remaining 1,188 represent 97.93 per cent, of the
total births credited to the district.
Attendances at Centres, 1946:—
| Under 1 year. | Over 1 year. | Totals. | Sessions. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Bourne | 3,769 | 1,818 | 5,587 | 94 |
| Bowes Park | 4,019 | 2,178 | 6,197 | 103 |
| Combined Clinic | 3,472 | 1,469 | 4,941 | 51 |
| Winchmore Hill | 4,402 | 2,390 | 6,792 | 103 |
| De Bohun | 2,179 | 1,079 | 3,258 | 49 |
| Totals—1946 | 17,841 | 8,934 | 26,775 | 400 |
| 1945 | 13,222 | 9,163 | 22,385 | 347 |
| Average—1946 | 44.60 | 22.33 | 66.93 | |
| 1945 | 38.10 | 26.40 | 64.50 |