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 Southwark, Borough of]
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St. John 1a. | 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. | ||
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Number of Births notified during the year | 331 | 272 | 328 | 231 | 206 | 207 | 221 | 188 | 217 | 281 | 207 | 110 | 46 | 2845 | |
Number of individual children attending the Centre during the year | 658 | 490 | 525 | 252 | 317 | 352 | 383 | 361 | 357 | 431 | 318 | 99 | 69 | 4612 | |
Number of Sessions held during the year | 96 | 96 | 94 | 84 | 94 | 96 | 86 | 94 | 93 | 94 | 92 | 46 | 92 | 1157 | |
Number of children coming into (1-5) age group during the year | 397 | 219 | 245 | 63 | 168 | 176 | 218 | 185 | 87 | 219 | 128 | - | - | 2105 | |
Number of new cases attending the Centres during the year— | |||||||||||||||
(1) Expectant Mothers | 167 | - | 12 | - | 20 | 9 | - | 47 | 2 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 918 | 1224 | |
(2) Infants under 1 year | 225 | 229 | 247 | 145 | 126 | 159 | 144 | 140 | 199 | 185 | 161 | 85 | 45 | 2090 | |
(3) Seen by Doctor | 225 | 229 | 247 | 145 | 126 | 159 | 144 | 140 | 199 | 185 | 161 | 85 | 45 | 2090 | |
(4) Children 1 to 5 years | 36 | 42 | 33 | 64 | 33 | 17 | 31 | 36 | 51 | 27 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 417 | |
(5) Seen by Doctor | 36 | 42 | 33 | 64 | 33 | 17 | 31 | 36 | 51 | 27 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 417 | |
Method of Feeding— | (a) Breast | 367 | 249 | 262 | 110 | 133 | 202 | 128 | 165 | 178 | 221 | 209 | 73 | 51 | 2348 |
(b) Breast and Bottle | 14 | 17 | 12 | 22 | 14 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 23 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 195 | |
(c) Bottle | 33 | 85 | 85 | 32 | 24 | 24 | 56 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 442 | |
(d) Ordinary diet | 244 | 139 | 166 | 88 | 146 | 103 | 184 | 161 | 132 | 176 | 70 | 14 | 4 | 1627 | |
Total number of attendances at the Centres during the year— | |||||||||||||||
(1) Mothers | 8102 | 5986 | 5785 | 4262 | 3865 | 4768 | 4441 | 4289 | 6498 | 5357 | 4310 | 2248 | 93 | 60004 | |
(2) Expectant Mothers | 423 | 1 | 20 | - | 69 | 42 | - | 123 | 2 | 111 | 59 | 2 | 3637 | 4489 | |
(3) Infants under 1 year | 5320 | 3501 | 4064 | 2263 | 2208 | 3080 | 1878 | 2431 | 2601 | 3372 | 2545 | 1265 | 1852 | 36380 | |
(4) Children 1 to 5 years | 1558 | 2336 | 1869 | 1553 | 1535 | 1695 | 2348 | 1844 | 4228 | 1679 | 1661 | 1094 | 951 | 24351 | |
(1) Average number of attendances | 84.4 | 61.3 | 61.5 | 50.7 | 41.0 | 49.7 | 51.6 | 45.6 | 69.9 | 57.0 | 46.8 | 48.9 | - | - | |
(2) do. do. | 4.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
(3) do. do. | 55.4 | 37.7 | 43.2 | 26.5 | 23.5 | 31.1 | 21.8 | 25.9 | 18.0 | 35.8 | 27.7 | 27.5 | 20.1 | - | |
(4) do. do. | 162 | 24.3 | 19.9 | 18.6 | 16.2 | 16.6 | 27.3 | 19.6 | 45.5 | 17.9 | 18.0 | 23.8 | 10.3 | - | |
(5) Total number of attendances of Infants seen by Doctor during the year | 1365 | 1457 | 2081 | 905 | 1024 | 1260 | 677 | 1463 | 1330 | 1333 | 1141 | 625 | 992 | 15653 | |
(6) Total number of attendances of children 1 to 5 years seen by Doctor during the year | 537 | 873 | 793 | 621 | 668 | 787 | 628 | 928 | 1130 | 712 | 730 | 487 | 615 | 9509 | |
(7) Total number of Expectant Mothers seen by Doctor | 167 | - | 12 | - | 20 | 9 | - | 47 | 2 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 918 | 1224 | |
(8) Children weighed | 5504 | 5544 | 5723 | 3874 | 3681 | 4552 | 4201 | 3867 | 1524 | 6283 | 3915 | 2246 | 2699 | 53613 | |
(9) Post-natal cases | 1901 | - | 443 | - | 15 | 51 | - | 313 | 2301 | 144 | 23 | 300 | 461 | 5952 | |
Total number of first visits paid by Health Visitors to homes of- | |||||||||||||||
(1) Expectant Mothers | 192 | 106 | 130 | 90 | 85 | 57 | 45 | 98 | 197 | 160 | 54 | 50 | 767 | 2031 | |
(2) Infants under 1 year | 304 | 250 | 302 | 215 | 185 | 188 | 200 | 160 | 198 | 260 | 180 | 78 | 42 | 2562 | |
(3) Children 1 to 5 years | 248 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | 85 | 6 | 347 | |
Total number of revisits paid by Health Visitors to homes of— | |||||||||||||||
(1) Expectant Mothers | 206 | 78 | 4 | 6 | 14 | - | 2 | - | 265 | - | 2 | 122 | 1148 | 1847 | |
(2) Infants under 1 year | 1860 | 1399 | 1054 | 687 | 894 | 1371 | 1668 | 1639 | 1819 | 645 | 15655 | ||||
(3) Children 1 to 5 years | 2858 | 1957 | 1359 | 1527 | 1558 | 1394 | 1296 | 1642 | 2866 | 1743 | 1500 | 2799 | 1923 | 24422 |
Sewing Classes were held during the year at Sutherland House with a total attendance of 337.