Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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Attendances at Infant Welfare Centres, 1943
Particulars | Park Road | St. Barnabas | Church Road | Sherwood House | Total |
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Number of new eases registered during year of— | |||||
Children under one year of age | 125 | 236 | 267 | 241 | 869 |
Children over one year and under five years of age | 37 | 26 | 35 | 43 | 111 |
Number of children in attendance at end of year— | |||||
Under one year of age | 113 | 217 | 242 | 207 | 779 |
Over one and under five years of age | 298 | 399 | 335 | 326 | 1358 |
Attendances of children under one year of age | 2185 | 3240 | 3340 | 3110 | 11875 |
Attendances of children over one year of age | 872 | 1435 | 1109 | 957 | 4373 |
Total attendances at centres | 3219 | 4937 | 4751 | 4351 | 17258 |
Average attendances at centres | 67.06 | 98.74 | 92.13 | 83.67 | 85.4 |
Percentage of infants under one year of age attending centres of the total live births | ... | ... | ... | ... | 88 |
Visits Paid by Health Visitors
Particulars | No. |
---|---|
Primary ante-natal visits | 250 |
Subsequent ante-natal visits | 124 |
Primary birth visits | 936 |
Subsequent visits to infants | 2,475 |
Visits to children over one and under five years of age | 3,983 |
Visits re stillbirths | 4 |
Visits re deaths of infants under one year of age | 4 |
Visits re cases of ophthalmia neonatorum | 4 |
Visits re cases of puerperal pyrexia | — |
Primary visits to cases of tuberculosis | 72 |
Subsequent visits to cases of tuberculosis | 134 |
Special visits, and infant life protection visits | 640 |
Infectious disease visits | 189 |
Visits re diphtheria immunisation | 1,931 |
Total | 10,746 |
Supply of Food and Medicines
Dried food, cod liver oil emulsion, Virol, Parrish's Food,
groats and Lactagol were sold at the centres, and in necessitous