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 Stepney]
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4.—Infant Welfare Centres.
(a) Number of Centres provided and maintained by the Council, 7.
(b) Number of Centres provided and maintained by Voluntary Associations,
9.
(c) Total number of attendances at all Centres during the year:—
(i) By children under 1 year of age, 30,090.
(ii) By children between the ages of 1 and 5 years, 19,313.
(d.) Average attendance of children per sessions (first consultation) at all
Centres during the year, 38.3.
(e) Total number of children who attended at the Centres for the first time
during the year:—
(1) Children under 1 year of age 2,645.
(ii) Children between the ages of 1 and 5 years, 714.
(f) Percentage of total notified live births represented by the number in (e)
(i), 68.8.
5.—Ante-natal clinics (whether held at Infant Welfare Centres or at other
premises:—
(a) Number of Clinics* provided and maintained by the Council, 1.
(b) Number of Clinics provided and maintained by Voluntary Associations,
3.
†(c) Total number of attendances by expectant mothers at all Clinics during
the year, 19,711.
(d) Average attendance of expectant mothers per session at all Clinics
during the year, 39.2.
†(e) Total number of expectant mothers who attended at the Clinics during
the year, 4,895.
(f) Percentage of total notified births represented by the number in (e),
*Including Ante-Natal Clinics -provided at institutions transjerrcd to the
Council under Part II. of the Local Government Act, 1929.
†This includes all attendances at A.-N. Clinics, whether they reside in
Stepney or not.
6. —Maternity Homes and Hospitals.
I.
Separate maternity institutions provided by the Council | Institutions (with maternity wards) transferred to the Council under Part I of the Local Government Act, 1929. | Institutions provided by Voluntary Associations. | |
---|---|---|---|
Number of Institutions | nil | nil | 3 |
Number of maternity beds | nil | nil | 112 |
Total number of women admitted to these beds during the year | nil | nil | 2,900 |