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Shoreditch 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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REPORT
on
HEALTH VISITING, HOXTON.
by
Ethel J. Charlesworth,
Health Visitor,
Certificates of the San. Insp. Exam. Board, London; Central Midwives Board;
National Health Society, &c.
I have the pleasure to submit the following report on the work of Health
Visiting in the Hoxton Division of the Borough during the year 1915.
The total number of (1) visits paid; (2) personal attendances, and attendances
of parents at (a) the Weighing Centre, and (b) the Maternity Centre; (3) interviews
in connection with the above amounts to 2,764.
This total is composed of work in collection with:—
| I. Notifications of Births | 1,159 | |||
| Visits 925 | ||||
| Revisits 234 | ||||
| (b.) Attendances at the Weighing Centres :— | ||||
| 1. Hoxton Baths, January-June | 25 | 80 | ||
| 2. Maternity Centre, July-December | 51 | |||
| 3. Haggerston Baths | 0 | |||
| (c.) Attendances of parents at Weighing Centre:— | ||||
| 1. Hoxton Baths, January-June | 531 | 830 | ||
| 2. Maternity Centre, July-December, instead of baths | 160 | |||
| 3. „ „ those attending dining rooms | 139 | |||