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 Hackney]
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The work done at the Infant Welfare Centres during the year is shown in the following table:—
Centre. | No. of sessions held. | No. of children brought to the Centre for the first time. | Total No. of attendances. | Total No. of attendances of infants and children before Doctor. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under 1 year. | Over 1 year. | Under 1 year. | Over 1 year. | |||
1. The Grove Mission | 52 | 260 | 57 | 2637 | 1233 | 1751 |
2. The Lower Clapton | 48 | 297 | 82 | 3018 | 1494 | 1365 |
3. The Mayfield Road | 100 | 351 | 40 | 3971 | 2359 | 2800 |
4. The Northwold Road | 100 | 352 | 98 | 4029 | 2802 | 1759 |
5. The Pedro Street | 102 | 226 | 22 | 2661 | 2472 | 2741 |
6. *Eton Mission | 98 | 159 | 8 | 2170 | 1134 | 1412 |
7. *Haekney Mothers' and Babies' | 50 | 157 | 26 | 2268 | 892 | 1438 |
8. *St. Martin's Mission | 26 | 76 | 8 | 559 | 177 | 566 |
9. *West Hackney | 49 | 158 | 43 | 1613 | 619 | 1199 |
Totals | 625 | 2036 | 384 | 22926 | 13182 | 15031 |
* Voluntary centres.
The attendances of children at the Infant Welfare Centres
have been fully maintained. The number of children attending the
Centres for the first time in relation to the number of births
registered during the last five years is as follows:—
1927 62 per cent.
192861
1929 66
1930 71
1931 72
ANTE-NATAL CENTRES.
Ante-natal consultations are held at four of the five Municipal
Infant Welfare Centres and at one of the Voluntary Centres.
* Voluntary Centre.
The following is a table of the work done at the Ante-natal Centres during the year:—
CENTRES. | No. of times Centre open. | No. of Expectant Mothers attending first visits. | No. of repeated attendances at Centre. | Total attendances | No. of examinations by Doctor. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. The Lower Clapton | 102 | 449 | 1055 | 1504 | 1408 |
2. The Pedro Street- | 52 | 201 | 482 | 686 | 521 |
3. The Grove Mission | 27 | 105 | 250 | 355 | 328 |
4. The Northwold Road | 51 | 129 | 458 | 587 | 474 |
5. *Eton Mission | 49 | 142 | 507 | 649 | 359 |
Totals | 281 | 1029 | 2752 | 3781 | 3090 |