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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
Camberwell 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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MUNICIPAL AND SUBSIDISED INFANT WELFARE CENTRES. RETURN OF WORK, 1924.
| Infant Welfare Centre. | Consultations. | Children—Attendances at Consultations. | Mothercraft Classes. | Analysis of Visits. | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expectant Mothers. | Post-Natal Mothers. | First Attendances. | Subsequent Attendances. | Miscell. 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. | Visits to Mothers & Children not attending the Centre. | Total Visits. | Attendances—Dental Clinic. | |||||
| 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. | 36 | – | 169 | 35 | 1239 | 585 | 149 | 382 | – | 1484 | 162 | 2177 | – | – | 258 | 91 | 64 | 75 | 408 | 428 | 135 | – | 235 | 1436 | – |
| Dulwich Municipal, 114, Lordship Lane | – | – | 288 | 138 | 2282 | 847 | 261 | 229 | – | 2846 | 480 | 3816 | – | – | 361 | 100 | 39 | 176 | 327 | 777 | 114 | – | 167 | 1700 | – |
| Peckham Municipal, St. Jude's Hall, Meeting House Lane. | – | – | 182 | 45 | 1255 | 311 | 55 | 164 | – | 1335 | 294 | 1848 | – | – | 603 | 85 | 92 | 28 | 741 | 659 | 103 | – | 225 | 1933 | – |
| Bird-in-Bush Voluntary, 601, Old Kent Road | 189 | 297 | 369 | 53 | 3165 | 1659 | – | 2860 | 310 | – | 2076 | 5246 | – | – | 575 | 72 | 178 | 41 | 1533 | 503 | – | 1236 | 1630 | 5193 | – |
| Cambridge House, 6, Addington Square. | 12 | 119 | 183 | 41 | 1619 | 920 | – | 1734 | 371 | – | 658 | 2763 | 659 | 441 | – | 106 | 145 | 64 | 1039 | 314 | 31 | – | 2265 | 3904 | – |
| *Cobourg, Kempshead Hall, Kempshead Road. | 55 | – | 138 | 6 | 1235 | 44 | — | 1423 | — | – | – | 1423 | – | – | 692 | 114 | 428 | 144 | 1524 | 250 | — | – | 639 | 3099 | 170 |
| Nunhead, 31, Nunhead Grove | 54 | 7 | 238 | 43 | 2407 | 1257 | – | 2232 | – | – | 1713 | 3945 | 155 | 39 | 478 | 104 | 133 | 136 | 1989 | 573 | – | – | 2851 | 5786 | – |
| St. Luke's, 2, Commercial Road | 26 | – | 209 | 19 | 1774 | 1741 | – | 1639 | 318 | — | 1786 | 3743 | 170 | 412 | 234 | 118 | 118 | 111 | 1228 | 456 | – | 784 | 2094 | 4909 | – |
| United Girls' School, 17, Peckham Road | – | 194 | 359 | 122 | 3547 | 2156 | – | 2262 | – | – | 3922 | 6184 | – | – | 1555 | 230 | 275 | 300 | 7375 | 547 | – | 263 | – | 8990 | – |
| Totals | 372 | 617 | 2135 | 502 | 18523 | 9520 | 465 | 12925 | 999 | 5665 | 1109 | 31145 | 984 | 895 | 4756 | 1020 | 1472 | 1075 | 16164 | 4507 | 383 | 2283 | 10106 | 37010 | 170 |
* Not subsidised by the Council,