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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 1946

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]

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Table: Attendances at Welfare Centre.

Attendances at Welfare Centre.

Average*Babies (0-1)Children (0-5)Mother
First AttandencesSubsequent AttandancesFirst AttandencesSubsequent AttandencesAnte-Natal Post natal
FirstSybsquentFirstSubsequent
1936-3899293391786794345991219125
19399138938154667831293512164
1940687505814634052775367—
1941466313350833215472—_
194268248608370231985371
19436395733537054131321124
194456235563456533811209_
1945694542654810401142811—
19469267780841057855315914_

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* During this period and part of 1939 three sessions a week were held at a Branch Centre, in addition to those at the Main Centre,
t With regard to the children in this age group, it should be pointed out that since 1942 some 200 have been under daily close
health supervision in the nurseries.

Table: Home Visits by Health Visitors.

Home Visits by Health Visitors.

Average 1936-38Babies under 1 year. 12577Children 1-5 years. 13880MothersStillbirths, Infant deaths. Maternal deaths. 101Puerperal fever and pyrexia, Ophthalmia neonatorum 94Other infectious diseases. 2339
Ante-Natal. 1340Post-Natal. 367
1939899310044115712860104834
1940875712317674756852301
1941410975802563758131721
1942 ......476448263174949381074
1943764667308309863121351
194469126428802364525833
1945738971425813459161275
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