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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
Islington 1926
Seventy-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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1926]
The various Department of the Four Voluntary Centres, with the attendances for 1926, may be summarised thus:—
| North. | South. | East. | West. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ante-Natal Clinics and Ailing Mothers Clinics. Number held weekly | 3 | 1½* | 1 | 1 | 6½ |
| Number of attendances | 1,539 | 698 | 402 | 337 | 2,976 | |
| 2. | Consultations for Children up to 5 Years of Age. Number held weekly | 10 | †10 | 7 | 7 | 34 |
| Number of attendances | ‡20,865 | 17,804 | 13,522 | 19,101 | 71,292 | |
| 3. | Home Visiting. Number of visits made | 13,645 | 10,626 | 10 548 | 7,572 | 42,291 |
| 4. | Dental Clinics. Number attending | 499 | 147 | 51 | 43 | 740 |
| Number of attendances or arrangements made for attendances | 1,455 | 254 | 124 | 92 | 1,925 | |
| 5. | Morning Callers. Number of attendances | 976 | 653 | 157 | 1,315 | 3,101 |
| 6. | Massage Clinics. Number of cases given massage or sent for massage | 52 | (& Sunlight treatment) 81 | 88 | 33 | 254 |
| 7. | Wards. Number of beds | 18 | — | — | 8 | 26 |
| Number of patients received | 169 | — | — | 106 | 275 | |
| 8. | Number of Children on Books | 1,848 | 1,580 | 1,181 | 1,083 | 5,692 |
2 Clinics one week, one following week = 1½ weekly.
‡20,865 Total attendances = 14,263 ordinary, 137 Special enquiry re Health of pre-School Children,
6,277 *' Light" Clinic, and 188 "Eye" Clinic.
†Two Ministry of Health Special Consultations per month to be added.
§ Attendances of Expectant Mothers only.
WELFARE CENTRES' DISTRICTS. POPULATION.
| NORTH. Wards 1. 2, 3. | SOUTH. Wards 9, 10, 11 and Part of 6. | EAST. Ward 5 and Parts of 4 and 6. | WEST. Ward 7, 8 and Par of 4. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 (Approximate Estimate) | 97,900 | 97,440 | 53,920 | 89,940 | 339 200 29,508 up to 5 years old. |
BIRTHS.
| 1925 | 1,851 (Actual) | 1,526 (Approximate) | 1,121 (Approximate) | 2,082 (Approximate) | 6,580 |
| 1926 | 1,951 (Actual) | 1,478 (Approximate) | 1,021 (Approximate) | 2,005 (Approximate) | 6,455 |
Number on Books 1st April, 1927, i.e., Record Cards of Children to be visited. Exclusive
of Record Cards marked 'Attending Centre," and "Above Standard," "Visits declined,"
and " Visits not necessary" 20,146
DEATHS IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
Within the Borough.—2,075 persons died in the Public Institutions
located in Islington, of whom 1,385 belonged to this Borough, the remaining 690
having come here for treatment or relief. Of these, 433 died in the Archway
House, 122 in the Royal Northern Central Hospital and 59 in the London Fever
Hospital.
Of the 1,385 deaths of inhabitants, 974 occurred in the Islington Infirmary,
247 in the Islington Institution, and 118 in the Royal Northern Central Hospital.
The proportion which the 1,385 deaths in the Public Institutions bore to the
Borough mortality was 33.8 per cent.