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Shoreditch 1923

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH. MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE. Summary of Work for the Year 1923.byDr. Maitland Radford.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH. MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE. Summary of Work for the Year 1923.

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Dr. Maitland Radford.

—Districts.
1.2.3.4.5.6.Totals.
1st visits to infants3064655915145154452,836
Re-visits to infants7808525187186632,4485,979
No. of visits to children (1-5 years)9989839411,0106913,8158,438
No. of 1st visits to expectant mothers62739167122209624
No. of re-visits to expectant mothers87109617340235605
No. of 1st visits to infants with diarrhœa.....................
No. of 1st visits to cases of ophthalmia neonatorum522192217...85
No. of re-visits to cases of ophthalmia neonatorum534301727...113
No. of 1st visits to cases of puerperal fever21...11...5
No. of futile visits166193632041555701,351
Special visits, dairies, etc.76...1591132...368
Health Visitors' attendances—
(a) Haggerston Baths Centre7...477......61
(b) Hoxton Hall Centre46...24611...105
(c) Maternity Centre11417390106103...586
(d) Harbour Lights Centre...4448...48...140
(e) Town Hall Centre36...334......73
(/) School for Mothers Centre...............300300
1st attendances of infants and children at Weighing Centres—
(a) Haggerston Baths Centre......136.........136
(b) Hoxton Hall Centre.........125......125
(c) Maternity Centre512213827201...538
(d) Harbour Lights Centre......269...66...335
(e) Town Hall Centre115...............115
(/) School for Mothers Centre...............176176
Total attendances at Centres—
(a) Haggerston Baths Centre......1,657.........1,657
(b) Hoxton Hall Centre.........2,585......2,585
(c) Maternity Centre8642,2402361,1152,073...6,528
(d) Harbour Lights Centre......3,567...98...3,665
(e) Town Hall Centre1,686...............1,686
(f) School for Mothers Centre...............4,8164,816
Dr. Richards (152, Kingsland Rd.) No. of infants seen for 1st time...18732.........219
No. of children (1-5 yrs.) seen for 1st time...1012.........22
Total attendances of infants and children...834211.........1,045
Dr. Smith (152, Kingsland Road). No. of infants seen for 1st time44......42......80
No. of children (1-5 yrs.) seen for 1st time55......8......63
Total attendances of infants and children664......869......1,533
No. of expectant mothers seen for 1st time29275122100...229
Total attendances of expectant mothers1017011242130...455