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
Tottenham 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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TABLE 3
| Infant Welfare Centres | No. of sessions held | First Attendances | Total Attendances | Seen by Doctor | Average attendances | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 | Over 1 | Under 1 | Over 1 | ||||
| Bursoyne Road | 156 | 205 | 16 | 3771 | 959 | 1325 | 30. 3 |
| Church Road | 153 | 199 | 10 | 3619 | 969 | 1656 | 29.9 |
| Port is Green | 203 | 250 | 2 | 4271 | 1116 | 1555 | 26. 5 |
| Hornsey Town Hall | 208 | 402 | 25 | 5709 | 2206 | 3323 | 38.0 |
| Mildura Court | 106 | 166 | 8 | 3005 | 1469 | 1675 | 42. 2 |
| Stroud Green | 104 | 187 | 8 | 2963 | 997 | 802 | 38.8 |
| The Chestnuts | 257 | 566 | 34 | 7204 | 1804 | 2349 | 35.6 |
| Lordship Lane | 258 | 432 | 35 | 6391 | 1773 | 1480 | 31. 2 |
| Park Lane | 207 | 379 | 14 | 5530 | 1362 | 1571 | 32. 3 |
| Toddlers Sessions | |||||||
| Burgoyne Road | 24 | - | 7 | - | 439 | 439 | 18. 3 |
| Church Road | 46 | - | 8 | - | 486 | 480 | 10. 5 |
| Fort is Green | 26 | - | 15 | - | 378 | 378 | 14. 5 |
| Hornsey Town Hall | 50 | - | 27 | - | 584 | 575 | 11. 7 |
| Mildura Court | 41 | - | 17 | - | 721 | 607 | 17.6 |
| Stroud Green | 6 | - | 9 | - | 89 | 88 | 14.8 |
| The Chestnuts | 53 | - | - | - | 698 | 698 | 13.1 |
| Lordship Lane | 51 | - | 16 | - | 822 | 822 | 16. 1 |
| Park Lane | 106 | - | 2 | - | 897 | 892 | 8.5 |
| Totals 1952 | 2055 | 2786 | 253 | 42463 | 17769 | 20715 | 29. 3 |
| 1951 | 1918 | 2754 | 453 | 37759 | 18253 | 19008 | 29. 2 |
| 1950 | 1781 | 2735 | 290 | 41171 | 18625 | 18427 | 34. 1 |
| 1949 | 1810 | 3212 | 1575 | 47009 | 20351 | 20197 | 37. 2 |
Child Life Protection
The Area Children's Officer and his staff are responsible for
adoption arrangements and the care of children deprived of a
normal home life, but there are border-line cases of child neglect
which are watched carefully by health visitors in the normal
course of the supervision of child health and well-being- This
usually acts as a deterrent but if necessary the health visitor
warns careless or neglectful mothers of the consequences of their
behaviour. Only a few of these cases deteriorate and those and
any doubtful cases are reported to the Area Children's Officer or
the N.S.P = CoC.