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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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HEALTH VISITORS—RECORD OF VISITS (INCLUDING VISITS TO "TODDLERS"), 1938. 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. | Subseqnent Visits. | Attending Centre. | Not Attending Centre. | Attending Centre. | Not Attending Centre. | ||||||||||
| Camberwell Municipal, 140, Camberwell Road, S.E.5 | 141 | 155 | 183 | 187 | 468 | 1,069 | 1,724 | 326 | 329 | 442 | 627 | 339 | – | 193 | 2,552 |
| Dulwich Municipal, 114, Lordship Lane, S.E.22 | 251 | 455 | 498 | 456 | 257 | 1,144 | 1,857 | 229 | 484 | 314 | 830 | 208 | – | 303 | 3,074 |
| Mayward House Municipal, Benhill Road, S.E.5 | 332 | 355 | 386 | 390 | 505 | 1,148 | 2,043 | 143 | 752 | 133 | 1,015 | 283 | – | 284 | 3,297 |
| Peckham Municipal, Clifton Congregational Church Hall, Asylum Road, S.E.15 | 295 | 248 | 256 | 264 | 721 | 1,153 | 2,138 | 194 | 791 | 151 | 1,002 | 310 | – | 242 | 3,233 |
| *Sumner Municipal, Basingstoke House, Jocelyn Street, S.E.15 | 146 | 103 | 121 | 427 | 127 | 769 | 1,323 | 198 | 356 | 131 | 638 | 146 | – | 17 | 1,735 |
| Bird-in-Bush, 616, Old Kent Road, S.E.15 | 218 | 357 | 305 | 347 | 1,598 | 2,830 | 4,775 | 1,296 | 649 | 1,864 | 966 | 31 | – | 353 | 5,734 |
| Cambridge House 6. Addington Square, S.E.5 | 205 | 243 | 205 | 217 | 1,646 | 2,445 | 4,308 | 1,093 | 770 | 1,237 | 1,208 | – | 39 | 355 | 5,150 |
| Kempshead Hall, Kempshead Road, S.E.5 | 133 | 234 | 205 | 204 | 1,593 | 2,478 | 4,275 | 913 | 884 | 1,204 | 1,274 | – | 55 | 450 | 5,147 |
| St. Antholin's, 22, Linden Grove, S.E.15 | 777 | 422 | 383 | 377 | 1,244 | 1,784 | 3,405 | 600 | 1,021 | 967 | 817 | – | – | 965 | 5,569 |
| St. Luke's, 2, Commercial Way, S.E.15 | 585 | 223 | 223 | 258 | 2,499 | 1,857 | 4,614 | 668 | 2,089 | 324 | 1,533 | 67 | – | 329 | 5,818 |
| Union of Girls' Schools, 60a, Amott Road, S.E.15 | 504 | 382 | 431 | 409 | 1,149 | 2,729 | 4,287 | 565 | 993 | 963 | 1,766 | 8 | – | 396 | 5,577 |
| 3,587 | 3,177 | 3,196 | 3,536 | 11807 | 19406 | 34749 | 6,225 | 9,118 | 7,730 | 11,676 | 1,392 | 94 | 3,887 | 46,886 | |
*This centre was opened 13|6|38