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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 1932

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

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74
Home Visiting.

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

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

First Visits.Revisits.Total.
Expectant Mothers204214418
Post-natal Mothers8210
Children under 1 year of age3937391,132
Children 1 to 2 years of age21415436
Children over 2 years of age33748781
Enquiries re stillbirths13
re ophthalmia neonatorum12
Other visits165

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Two hundred and sixty-one visits related to infants who came under
further observation in their own homes or at Infant Welfare Centres; of this
number 249 were recorded as attending a Centre, i.e., 95 per cent.
Thus more than five-sixths of those visited attended an Infant Welfare Centre and
of these nearly 85 per cent. attended the Council's Centres.
Attendances at Infant Welfare Centres.
The Centres attended were the following:—
175 attended the Council's M. & C. W. Centre at 10, John Street.
38 Short's Gardens.
2 attended the Centre at Onslow Street School, Saffron Hill.
8 Charing Cross Hospital.
5 Myddelton Square.
10 Middlesex Hospital.
4 University College Hospital.
8 Royal Free Hospital.
9 other Centres.
249 attended an Infant Welfare Centre.
Work at Centres.
Holborn Centre, 10, John Street.

Table: The following is an analysis of the attendance at this Municipal Centre:

The following is an analysis of the attendance at this Municipal Centre:

Monday.Tuesday.Wednesday.Thursday.Friday.
Medical Consultation Pre-school child 2—4.30 p.m.Antenatal and Post-natal cases 2—4.30 p.m.Medical Consultation 2—4.30 p.m.Class 3—4 p.m.Dentist. 2—4 p.m.Medical Consultation 2—4.30 p.m.
No. of Sessions485152435151
Total attendances —650...1724...951170
Mothers39220309461155257
Average weekly attendances— Children14...33...223
Mothers1461135