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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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CHILD WELFARE CLINICS.
| Cornwall Road | Hereford Street | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions per week | 6 | 2 | ||
| Doctors' attendances per week | 9 | 3 | ||
| The statistics of attendances at the Centres during 1934, and in previous years are as follows :— | ||||
| 1934 | ||||
| Cornwall Road | Hereford Street | Total | ||
| Babies (0—1) : First attendances | 702 | 319 | 1,021 | |
| Subsequent „ | 6,112 | 2,391 | 8,503 | |
| Children (1—5) : First „ | 91 | 48 | 139 | |
| Subsequent ,, | 4,203 | 1,961 | 6,164 | |
| Toddlers Clinic attendances | 368 | — | 368 | |
| Total ,, | 11,476 | 4,719 | 16,195 | |
The numbers of children seen by the doctors were as follows :—
| Cornwall Road | Hereford Street | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babies (0—1) | 3,584 | 1,523 | 5,107 | ||||||
| Children (1—5) | 2,696 | 1,222 | 3,918 | ||||||
| Total | 6,280 | 2,745 | 9,025 | ||||||
| 1933*. | 1932*. | 1931. | 1930. | 1929. | 1928. | ||||
| Total Attendances | 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 | |||
| Medical Consultations | 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.
INFANT CONSULTATIONS.
Dr. K. M. Horton reports :
(CORNWALL ROAD CENTRE).
Two morning sessions and three in the afternoon have
continued to be held each week. The attendance at the
Friday morning clinic has increased and continues to do so,
but on Tuesday the morning session is still poorly attended.
It would seem that morning sessions in the early part of the