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Southwark 1930

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]

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DEATHS FROM PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS.
TABLE 48.

Table: MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE CENTRES.Showing the Attendances at the several Centres and Visits paid to the homes of Mothers and Children by Health Visitors.TABLE 44.

MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE CENTRES.

Showing the Attendances at the several Centres and Visits paid to the homes of Mothers and Children by Health Visitors.

TABLE 44.

St. John. la.St. Mary. 1b.St. Paul. 2a.St. Peter. 2b.All Saints. 3a.Lady Margaret 3b.Crossway. 4a.St. Stephens. 4b.St. Jude. 5.St. Michael. 6a.St. Saviour. 6b.St. George. 6c.Guy's. 7.TOTAL.
Number of Births notified during the year37427139624323622421320726131322798433106
Number of individual children attending the Centre during year54951751623822727029425449237537265624231
Number of Sessions held during the year949494949494949290948845961163
Number of new cases attending the Centres during the year—
(1) Expectant Mothers120———41345231161618861142
(2) Infants under 1 year35736337218917422620816429626327158613002
(3) Seen by Doctor22421927012212112114410724118915458612031
(4) Children 1 to 5 years1921541444953448690196112101711229
(5) Seen by Doctor604279915213521136281971473
Method of Feeding—(a) Breast29429127413713215719713322321423547562390
(b) B Breast and bottle1720422110235890192174287
(c) Bottle37535831354782637242341384
(d) Ordinary diet201153142495043848714211893711170
Total number of attendances at the Centres during the year—
(1) Mothers661858866293378937954775530737175304535841411874—56857
(2) Expectant Mothers298--1394881699290139—31974081
(3) Infants under 1 year39393682423724012350270728691883222233802376958126884272
(4) Children 1 to 5 years23842029179510091370123022821674160115171543109788620417
(1) Average number of attendances70.462.666.940.340.450.856.540.459.057.047.141.6—49.0
(2) do. do.3.2---0.40.5-1.81.01.01.6-33.33.5
(3) do. do.41.939.245.125.525.028.830.520.524.736.027.021.313.229.5
(4) do. do.25.421.619110.714.613.124.318.217.816.117.524.49.217.6
(5) Total number of attendances of Infants seen by Doctor during the year13951469160810891238134811591312112515731115499121716147
(6) Total number of attendances of children 1 to 5 years seen by Doctor during the year6528037605057056286268829557677064568269271
(7) Total number of Expectant Mothers seen by Doctor120---229410131322—8851206
(8) Children weighed526254875978336635273615515132683576479936611989215451833
(9) Post-natal cases2047—21—126—4111321179982684594912
Total number of first visits paid by Health Visitors to homes of—
(1) Expectant Mothers14319921012259363612028016775299282404
(2) Infants under 1 year410264373261284259228234305355206981123389
(3) Children 1 to 5 years46—----——31——10—87
Total number of revisits paid by Health Yisitors to homes of—
(1) Expectant Mothers232521519347—471310786241518
(2) Infants under 1 year190412491339960101517071230183815401487853111655116789
(3) Children 1 to 5 years328817621000134817161405139318552368161813882891119023222

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Of the total number of deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis 68.1 per cent. occurred in hospitals
or other institutions.