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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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HEALTH VISITORS—RECORD OF VISITS (INCLUDING VISITS TO "TODDLERS"), 1937. To Expectant and Post-Natal Mothers and Children.
| Infant Welfare Centres. | To Expectant Mothers. | To Post-Natal Mothers. | No. Births reported in the Area. | To Children. | Analysis of Visits to Children. | Miscellaneous and Waste Visits. | Visits by Voluntary Helpers. | Measles. | Total Visits. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 Year. | Between 1 and 5 Years. | Total Visits. | Under 1 Year. | Between 1 and 5 Years. | |||||||||||
| First Visits. | Subsequent Visits. | Attending Centre. | Not Attending Centre. | Attending Centre, | Not Attending Centre. | ||||||||||
| Camberwell Municipal, 140, Camberwell Road, S.E.5 | 272 | 209 | 223 | 233 | 504 | 1.947 | 2,684 | 348 | 389 | 734 | 1,213 | 653 | – | – | 3,818 |
| Dulwich Municipal, 114, Lordship Lane, S.E.22 | 165 | 442 | 451 | 513 | 456 | 2,330 | 3,299 | 311 | 658 | 751 | 1,579 | 284 | – | 21 | 4,211 |
| Mayward House Municipal, Benhill Road, S.E.5 | 323 | 342 | 389 | 386 | 582 | 2,125 | 3,093 | 186 | 782 | 565 | 1,560 | 286 | – | 1 | 4,045 |
| Peckham Municipal, Clifton Congregational Church Hall, Asylum Road, S.E.15 | 335 | 292 | 309 | 315 | 770 | 1,975 | 3,060 | 256 | 829 | 566 | 1,409 | 431 | – | 23 | 4,141 |
| Bird-in-Bush, 616, Old Kent Road, S.E.15 | 327 | 409 | 360 | 378 | 2,074 | 2,939 | 5,391 | 1,385 | 1,067 | 1,692 | 1,247 | – | – | – | 6,127 |
| Cambridge House, 6, Addington Square, S.E.5 | 141 | 232 | 194 | 199 | 1,506 | 1,957 | 3,662 | 833 | 872 | 930 | 1,027 | 44 | 10 | – | 4,089 |
| Kempshead Hall, Kempshead Road, S.E.5 | 105 | 225 | 188 | 199 | 1,657 | 2,106 | 3,962 | 900 | 956 | 913 | 1,193 | 71 | 10 | – | 4,373 |
| St. Antholin's, 22, Linden Grove, S.E.15 | 700 | 478 | 412 | 409 | 1,364 | 2,100 | 3,873 | 713 | 1,060 | 1,095 | 1,005 | 88 | – | 67 | 5,206 |
| St. Luke's, 2, Commercial Way, S.E.15 | 492 | 253 | 252 | 271 | 2,257 | 2,007 | 4,535 | 566 | 1,962 | 333 | 1,674 | 157 | – | – | 5,437 |
| Union of Girls' Schools, 60A, Amott Road, S.E.15 | 328 | 343 | 385 | 408 | 1,420 | 3,043 | 4,871 | 783 | 1,045 | 869 | 2,174 | 66 | – | – | 5,608 |
| 3,188 | 3,225 | 3,163 | 3,311 | 12590 | 22529 | 38430 | 6,281 | 9,620 | 8,448 | 14,081 | 2,080 | 20 | 112 | 47,055 | |