Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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on Monday and Thursday afternoons, and an AnteNatal
Clinic on Thursday mornings.
The following ratios may be of interest:—
Ante-Natal Children's
Clinics Clinics
Acreage per Centre 380 380
Population per Centre 53,150 53,150
Percentage of new expectant mothers or
babies under 1, attending Centres
respectively, to total net births 33 69.7
CHILDREN'S CLINICS.
The statistics of attendances at the Centres during
1933, and in previous years are as follows :—
1933
Cornwall Hereford
Road Street
Babies (0—1): First attendances 716 340
Subsequent „ 6,732 2,949
Children (1—5): First „ 95 49
Subsequent „ 4,364 2,121
Toddlers Clinic attendances 266 —
Total „ 12,173 5,459
Cornwall Hereford
Road Street
Sessions per week 6 2
Doctors' attendances per week 9 3
1933*. 1932*. 1931. 1930. 1929. 1928.
Total Attendances
of Children 17,632 18,668 19,100 19,843 18,481 19,373
New Cases 1,466 1,510 1,400 1,497 1,452 1,536
(Children)
Medical Consultations—
Children 9,969 10,462 12,062 11,982 11,800 12,552
*Including Toddlers Inspections.
Statistics with regard to the attendances at
the Maternity Clinic are given in detail later,