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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 1919
Report on the sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney for the year 1919
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Summary of Infant Welfare Centre Work during the year, 1919.
| Centre. | No. of times Centre open. | No. of primary cases brought to Centre. | Repeated visits to Centre. | Total attendances | Total attendances of Infants under 1 year. | Total attendances of children over 1 year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Overbury Street | 52 | 437 | 3,244 | 3,681 | 2,472 | 1.209 |
| 2. Brooksby Walk | 51 | 523 | 3,354 | 3,877 | 2,965 | 912 |
| 3. Mayfield Road | 61 | 347 | 2,533 | 2,880 | 2,077 | 803 |
| 4.†*Hackney Mothers' and Babies', Hackney Grove. | 50 | 431 | 2,044 | 2,475 | 1,250 | 1,225 |
| 5.*Eton Mission, Gainsborough Road. | 96 | 206 | 2,425 | 2,631 | 1,729 | 902 |
| Total | 310 | 1,944 | 13,600 | 15,544 | 10,493 | 5,051 |
* These are Voluntary Centres and are co-ordinated with the Infant Welfare
work in the Borough. The Hackney Mothers' and Babies' Welfare
Centre receives an annual grant of £100 from the Council.
† In addition this Centre was opened 52 times during the year for health
talks, baby weighing, etc. Babies who attend on these occasions are
babies who attend for consultations. The number who attended during
the year was 2,461.
The total attendances at all the centres exceeded those of 1918
by 5,368, those under one year of age by 2,616, while the number
of children over one year was more than doubled in number.
Home Visitation.
The work of home visitation was considerably curtailed during
the year owing to the large attendances of mothers at the centres,
which required the services of more health visitors than hitherto,
and consequently the work of home visitation was somewhat
neglected.
The Maternity and Child Welfare Committee realizing the
great advance in the welfare work in the borough approached the