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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
Bethnal Green 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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| Visits. | 'Re-visits. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Other Notifiable Diseases | 13 | 25 | |
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 27 | 15 | |
| Measles (4,477) and German Measles (33) | 2,279 | 2,231 | 4,510 |
| Whooping Cough | 42 | 40 | |
| Other Non-notifiable Diseases | 17 | 13 | |
| Milk Grants | 72 | 1,100 | |
| Convalescent Treatment | 23 | 41 | |
| Other matters | 89 | 136 | |
| Futile Visits | 378 | 1,983 | |
| Total Visits | 5,953 | 28,867 | |
| Grand Total | 34,820 |
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE
CENTRES.
The popularity of the Council's Centre in
Cornwall Road was maintained during the year.
There were 150 sessions for infant consultations and
115 sessions in connection with the Maternity Clinic.
Other work carried on at the Centre in connection with
the Special Clinic for Delicate Children, massage, milk
grants, etc., will be found under these separate headings.
The auxiliary Centre at Thornton Hall, Mount
Street, was in use on Monday afternoons throughout
the year. There were 47 Infant Consultation Sessions
at this Centre.
The statistics of attendances at the Centres during 1928 and in previous years are as follow : —
| 1928. Cornwall Tkorntpn | ||
|---|---|---|
| Road. | Hall. | |
| Babies (0—1): First attendances | 1,146 | 207 |
| Subsequent „ | 9,536 | l',829 |
| Children (1—5): First „ | 145 | 38 |
| Subsequent ,, | 5,173 | 1,299 |
| Total „ | 16,000 | 3,373 |