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1921] 10
West Islington Maternity and Child Welfare Centre.
Number of Expectant Mothers on roll 185
„ Attendances 494
„ Consultations 49
„ Ailing Mothers on roll 257
„ Attendances 760
Total visits—Expectant Mothers 430
„ —Children 8,069
Number of Children on books 31st March, 1922 1,819
„ Attendances, under 1 year 443
„ „ over 1 year 801
Number of Consultations 305
Attendances at Consultations 8,224
Attendances at Weighings 4,364
Total attendances (Children) 12,588
Number of deaths under 1 year 43
„ „ over 1 year 15
Infant Mortality (based on per 1,000 infants under
1 year, attending centre) 97.0
Massage Attendances 499
Dental Treatment 96
Convalescent Homes and Holidays 91
East Islington Maternity and Child Welfare Centre.
Children under 1 year (attending Centre) 340
„ over 1 year „ „ 774
Mothers expectant 129
Consultations held 40
Attendances 346
Total Attendances (Children) 7,972
Home Visits (by Staff) 5,391
„ (Voluntary) 84
Consultations 5,930
Weighings only 2,042
Massage (Attendances) 1,078
Deaths (under 1 year) 28
„ (over 1 year) 18
Infant Mortality (based on per 1,000 infants under
1 year attending Centre) 82.3
Dental Clinic—Patients treated 43
Convalescent Homes—Sent for treatment 8
DEATHS IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
Within the Borough.—1,868 persons died in the Public Institutions located in
Islington, of whom 1,340 belonged to this Borough, the remaining 528 having come here
for treatment or relief. Of these, 353 died in the Holborn Infirmary and 93 in the Great
Northern Central Hospital.
Of the 1,340 deaths of inhabitants, 936 occurred in the Islington Infirmary, 230 in
the Islington Institution, and 131 in the Great Northern Central Hospital. The proportion
which the 1,340 deaths in these public institutions bore to the Borough mortality was
30*7 per cent.