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 the year 1922
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MUNICIPAL AND SUBSIDISED INFANT WELFARE CENTRES. RETURN OF WORK, 1922.
Infant Welfare Centre. | Consultations. | Children—Attendances at Consultations. | Mothercraft Classes. | Analysis of Visits. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Expectant Mothers. | Post-Natal Mothers. | First Attendances. | Subsequent Attendances. | Total Attendances. | Doctor's Consultations. | Superintendent's Consultations. | Doctor's Consultations and Weighings. | Weighing only. | Total. | Sewing Class. | Health Talk. | Sewing class and Health Talk. | Expectant Mothers. | Children Attending Centre. | After Notification of Birth. Before attending Centre. | Miscellaneous and other Visits not defined. | Visits by Voluntary Helpers. | Total Visits. | |||||
Under 1 year. | Over 1 year. | Under 1 year. | Over 1 year. | First Visits. | Subsequent Visits. | First Visits. | Subsequent Visits. | ||||||||||||||||
Camberwell Municipal, 140, Camberwell Road. | 77 | 44 | 211 | 79 | 1455 | 538 | 2283 | 535 | – | 1652 | 96 | 2283 | – | – | 598 | 130 | 33 | 88 | 743 | 475 | 36 | – | 1505 |
*Dulwich Municipal, 114, Lordship Lane | – | 16 | 268 | 142 | 1242 | 459 | 2111 | 328 | – | 1654 | 129 | 2111 | – | – | 451 | 55 | 42 | 104 | 612 | 525 | 171 | – | 1509 |
†Peckham Municipal, St. Jude's Hall, Meeting House Lane. | – | – | 73 | 24 | 144 | 24 | 265 | 17 | – | 239 | 9 | 265 | – | 53 | 14 | 13 | 40 | – | 37 | 156 | 49 | – | 309 |
Bird-in-Bush Voluntary, 601, Old Kent Road. | 136 | 376 | 423 | 63 | 3933 | 1255 | 5674 | 3369 | 77 | – | 2228 | 5674 | – | – | 849 | 111 | 136 | 78 | 774 | 1016 | 526 | 1702 | 4343 |
Cambridge House, 6, Addington Square. | 45 | 161 | 238 | 41 | 1458 | 1304 | 3041 | 2306 | 400 | – | 335 | 3041 | 915 | 941 | – | 118 | 160 | 202 | 1329 | 393 | 1024 | 763 | 3989 |
‡Cobourg, Kempshead Hall, Kempshead Road. | 50 | – | 108 | 12 | 1040 | 67 | 1884 | § 657 | – | – | – | 1884 | – | – | 620 | 50 | 486 | 120 | 1594 | 160 | 500 | 450 | 3360 |
Nunhead, 29, Nunhead Grove | 52 | 12 | 231 | 44 | 2397 | 1439 | 4111 | 2329 | – | – | 1782 | 4111 | – | – | 542 | 111 | 104 | 239 | 1060 | 593 | 830 | 228 | 3165 |
St. Luke's, 2, Commercial Road | 93 | 106 | 284 | 38 | 2720 | 1813 | 4855 | 1923 | – | – | 2932 | 4855 | 597 | 905 | – | 121 | 202 | 33 | 2753 | 609 | 1114 | 1089 | 5921 |
United Girls' School, 17, Peckham Road. | 26 | 124 | 372 | 39 | 1260 | 538 | 4902 | 1586 | – | -†† | 3316 | 4902 | 276 | 371 | – | 239 | 692 | 456 | 9417 | 485 | – | 135 | 11424 |
Totals | 479 | 839 | 2208 | 482 | 15649 | 7437 | 29126 | 13050 | 477 | 3545 | 10827 | 29126 | 1788 | 2217 | 3113 | 949 | 1868 | 1360 | 18319 | 4412 | 4250 | 4367 | 35525 |
* Additional Session opened Nov. 1922.
† Opened 7/9/22.
‡ Not subsidised by the Council.
§ Not spread ver ages group.
†† 2,693 weighings not spread over ages group.