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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 1946
Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell annual (abridged) report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1946
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MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE. Infant Welfare centres – Clinic Attendances etc. 1946
| Attendances of Children | (i) Under 1 year | 35,481 |
| (ii) Between 1 & 5 years | 9,645 | |
| Miscellaneous attendances | 1,989 | |
| Total attendances | 47,115 | |
| Analysis of Attendances – | ||
| Doctors' Consultations | 11,746 | |
| Seen by health visitor | 30,830 | |
Health Visitors – Record of Visits, 1946.
| No. of Births reported in the area | 3,452 |
| Visits to Expectant Mothers | 1,513 |
| " " Post-natal Mothers | 3,473 |
| " " Children – | |
| (i) Urder or 1 year | 8,890 |
| (ii) Between 1 & 5 years | 11,435 |
| Total | 20,325 |
| Miscellaneous Visits | 3,917 |
| Total Visits | 29,228 |
PREMATURE BIRTHS.
The number of premature births notified during the year was 215,
of which 167 survived the first month of life. Special attention was
paid to these cases by the Council's Health Visitors. Detailed particulars
culars of these cases appear in the following table.
No. of premature "babies notified during 1946 who
weighed 5½ lbs or less at birth:-
(i) Born at home 51
(ii) Born. In hospital 164%
No. of those born at home:-
(i) who were nursed entirely at home 45
(ii) who died during the first 24 hours 2
(iii) who survived at the end of one month 45
No. of those born in hospital:-
(i) who died during the first 24 hours 29
(ii) who survived at the end. of one month 122
*In one instance it was not possible to "follow up" to
ascertain whether or not the child survived.
CHILD LIFE PROTECTION. The supervision of foster mothers and children is undertaken by the Municipal Health Visitors.
| Visits to foster mothers and children | 158 |
| Foster mothers under supervision at the end of 1946 | 14 |
| Foster children under supervision at the end of 1946 | 21 |