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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

Holborn 1928

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]

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Table: Births in Crowded Homes.The following table is an indication of the home conditions of 413 mothers in relation to their confinement:—

Births in Crowded Homes.

The following table is an indication of the home conditions of 413 mothers in relation to their confinement:—

Living inConfined at Home.In Hospital.
No.Percentage of Total Births.No.Percentage of Total Births
One roomed homes72156714
Two „ „142306514
Three ,, ,,235204
Four „ „16382

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These figures show that many of the women are confined under very uncomfortable
and unfavourable circumstances.

Table: Home Visiting.The visits paid to the homes by the Health Visitors during the year were as follows :—

Home Visiting.

The visits paid to the homes by the Health Visitors during the year were as follows :—

First Visits.Revisits.Total.
Expectant Mothers105161266
Children under 1 year of age4771,1531,630
Children 1 to 2 years of age6341347
Children over 2 years of age10311321
Enquiries re stillbirths21
„re ophthalmia neonatorum10
Other visits205

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Four hundred and three visits related to infants who came under further observation
in their own homes or at Infant Welfare Centres; of this number 227 were
recorded as attending a Centre, i. e., 55 per cent.
Thus more than one half of those visited attended an Infant Welfare Centre
and of these nearly four-fifths attended the Council's Centres.
Attendances at Infant Welfare Centres.
The Centres attended were the following :—
130 attended the Council's M. & C. W. Centre at 10, John Street.
39 ,, ,, Short's Gardens.
1 attended the Centre at Onslow Street School, Saffron Hill.
10 „ „ Charing Cross Hospital.
10 „ ,,Myddelton Square.
12 „ ,, Middlesex Hospital.
7 ,, ,, University College Hospital.
9 ,, „ Royal Free Hospital.
9 „ ,, other Centres.
227 attended an Infant Welfare Centre,