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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
Bermondsey 1944
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1944
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ATTENDANCES AT MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE CENTRES. The following table shows attendances at Maternity and Child Welfare Centres during 1944:—
| Name of Centre | Children's Consultations | Ante-natal Clinic | Sewing Class | Gynæcological Clinic | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Sessions | New Cases | Total Attendances | No. seen by Doctor | No. of Sessions | New Cases | Post-Natal Cases | Total Attendances | No. of Sessions | No. of Attendances | No. of Sessions | New Cases | Total Attendances | |||
| Under 1 year | 1-5 years | Under 1 year | 1-5 years | ||||||||||||
| Public Health Centre, Grange Road | 151 | 255 | 12 | 3574 | 1783 | 2767 | 101 | 245 | 53 | 1658 | – | – | 44 | 108 | 426 |
| Community Centre | 52 | 34 | 10 | 416 | 295 | 479 | – | – | – | – | 13 | 57 | – | – | – |
| Bermondsey Gospel Mission | 47 | 98 | 8 | 1128 | 509 | 853 | 24 | 87 | 9 | 324 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Rotherhithe Town Hall | 49 | 120 | 9 | 1497 | 559 | 990 | 38 | 121 | 23 | 667 | 12 | 58 | – | – | – |
| *Stephen-the- Yeoman Mission | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 13 | 4 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Central Hall | 97 | 94 | 6 | 1302 | 578 | 979 | – | – | – | – | 8 | 51 | – | – | – |
| Salomon's Centre | 99 | 36 | 4 | 712 | 507 | 553 | 203 | 288 | – | 1548 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Totals | 495 | 637 | 49 | 8629 | 4231 | 6621 | 371 | 754 | 89 | 4272 | 33 | 166 | 44 | 108 | 426 |
* This Centre was opened on the 9th December, 1944.