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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

Hackney 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: The work done at the Infant Welfare Centres during the year is shown in the following table :—

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.No. of children who attended at the Centre during the year and who, at the end of the year, were:-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.Under 1 year.Over 1 year.
1. Brooksby's Walk5122858179383300820211948
2. Lauriston Road5125168212373317415701838
3. Lower Clapton Road9633983270491397321291461
4. May field Road10030884266482409829122808
5. Northwold Road99369107268531434534791904
6. *Eton Mission1021733153159284812801675
7. *Hackney Mothers and Babies50131181101701398976965
8. *St. Martin's Mission264644256356214454
9. *West Hackney481976716528921659581692
Totals623204249216652934253651553914745

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*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 :—
1929 66 per cent.
1930 71
1931 72
1932 86
1933 84
Ante-Natal Centres.— Ante-natal consultations are now held at
all the Municipal Infant Welfare Centres and at one of the Voluntary
Centres.

Table: The following is a table of the work done at the Ante-natal Centres during the year :—

The following is a table of the work done at the Ante-natal Centres during the year :—

Centre.No. of times Centre openNo. of Expectant Mothers attending (first visits)No. of repeated attendances at Centre.Total attendances.No. of examinations by Doctor.
1. Brooksby's Walk51130476606514
2. Lower Clapton Road1022488491097610
3. May field Road48132426558492
4. Northwold Road51152454606501
5. Lauriston Road51146405551509
6. *Eton Mission48128379507400
Totals351936298939253026

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*Voluntary Centre.