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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
Chelsea 1957
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1957
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MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE SERVICES
Responsibility for the day-to-day administration of the above services
rests with the London County Councils with the assistance of the Medical
Officers of Health for the Boroughs of Chelsea, Fulham, Hammersmith and
Kensington. Division I of the County Council comprises the above Boroughs,
and information relevant to Chelsea has been kindly supplied by Dr. B.2.A.
Sharpen Divisional Medical Officer.
WELFARE CENTRES
| Attendances at Ante-natal and Post-natal Sessions | 1,404 |
| Attendances at Infant Welfare Sessions | 8,261 |
HEALTH VISITING Number of visits carried out by Health Visitors:-
| Expectant mothers: | First visits | 357 | 885 |
| Total visits | |||
| Children under 1 year: | First visits (including visits paid to Premature Infants) 607 | 2,967 | |
| Total visits | |||
| Children between 1 and 2 years: | Total visits | 1,783 | |
| 2 and 5 years: | Total visits | 2,622 | |
| Still Births: | Total visits | 12 | |
| School Children: | Total visits | 137 | |
| Care of old People: | Total visits | 51 | |
| Miscellaneous: | Total visits | 832 | |
| Unsuccessful: | Total visits | 1,204 | |
| No. of children under 5 visited during the year | 2,934 | ||
| No. of households visited during the year | 2,117 | ||
Foster Mothers:
| Number of registered foster mothers | 6 |
| Number of children fostered | 8 |