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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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(2) Ante-natal and Post-natal clinics
Ante-natal consultations:-
| No.of women who attended for the first time | 511 | |
| No.of women who attended | 414 | |
| Total attendances | 1.893 | |
| Post-natal consultations | ||
| No.of women who attended | 93 | |
(3) Health Visitors
| No. of infants under one year of age visited for the first time | 852 | ||
| Total visits to children under 1 year of age | 5,670 | ||
| Total visits to children aged 1 year but under the age of 2 years | |||
| Total visits to children aged over 2 years but under 5 years | 5.843 | ||
| No.of expectant mothers visited | 445 | ||
| Total visits to expectant mothers | 931 |
(4) Infant Life Protection
| No. on register, 1st January, 1955 | |||
| Poster mothers | 3 | ||
| Poster children | 3 | ||
| No. on register, 31st December, 1955 | |||
| Foster mothers | 5 | ||
| Foster children | 7 | ||
(5) Child Minders (Daily Guardians)
| No. of Child Minders - Statutory | ||||
| Voluntary | ||||
| No. of children minded - Statutory | - | |||
| Voluntary | ||||
(6) Care of Premature Infants
| No. of premature births during the year | ||
| No. of such children who died within 28 days of birth | 3 | |