Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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The visits paid to the homes by the Health Visitors during the year were as follows:—
First Visits. | Revisits. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|
Expectant Mothers | 142 | 319 | 461 |
Post-natal Mothers | 2 | 6 | 8 |
Children under 1 year of age | 272 | 588 | 860 |
Children 1 to 2 years of age | 29 | 321 | 350 |
Children over 2 years of age | 41 | 738 | 779 |
Enquiries re stillbirths | 9 | ||
4 | |||
Other visits | 228 |
Two hundred and eighty-one visits related to infants who carne under further
observation in their own homes or at Infant Welfare Centres; of this number 178
were recorded as attending a Centre, i.e., 63 per cent.
Thus nearly five-sixths of those visited attended an Infant Welfare Centre and of
these 86 per cent, attended the Council's Centres.
Attendances at Infant Welfare Centres.
The Centres attended were the following:—
122 attended the Council's M. & C. W. Centre at 10, John Street.
24 „ „ „ „ Short's Gardens.
4 attended the Centre at Charing Cross Hospital.
2 „ „ Myddelton Square.
10 „ „ Middlesex Hospital.
4 „ „ University College Hospital.
6 „ „ Royal Free Hospital.
6 „ „ other Centres.
178 attended an Infant Welfare Centre.
Work at Centres.
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 Consul tation 2—4.30 p.m. | |
No. of Sessions | 48 | 53 | 51 | 32 | 61 | 49 |
Total attendances- | ||||||
Children | 613 | ... | 1480 | ... | 62 | 1300 |
Mothers | 11 | 181 | 282 | 429 | 201 | 233 |
Average weekly attendances— | ||||||
Children | 12 | ... | 29 | ... | 1 | 26 |
Mothers | ... | 3 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 4 |