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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough.
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| No. of Sessions | Total Attendances of | Average Attendance per Session | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children | Mothers | Total | Children | Mothers | Total | |||||
| Monday | Medical Consultation Dental | 48 | 929 | 79 | 1,008 | 19 | 2 | 21 | ||
| 48 | 130 | 261 | 391 | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||||
| Tuesday | Ante-natal & Post-natal | 51 | — | 233 | 233 | — | 5 | 5 | ||
| Wednesday | Medical Consultation | 52 | 2,272 | 422 | 2,694 | 44 | 8 | 52 | ||
| Thursday | Class | 50 | — | 638 | 638 | — | 13 | 13 | ||
| Friday | Medical Consultation | 51 | 1,649 | 313 | 1,962 | 32 | 6 | 38 | ||
| 300 | 4,980 | 1,946 | 6,926 | 14 | 5 | 22 | ||||
St. Giles' Centre, Short's Gardens. The attendances at this Branch Centre during the year 1938 were as follows:—
| No. of Session | Total Attendances of | Average Attendance per Session | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children | Mothers | Total | Children | Mothers | Total | |||
| Thursday | Medical Consultation | 52 | 1,183 | 143 | 1,326 | 23 | 3 | 26 |
| Ante-natal | 52 | — | 43 | 43 | — | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 104 | 1,183 | 186 | 1,369 | 11 | 2 | 13 | |
The total number of attendances made by the Health Visitors at the Municipal
Centres in 1938 was 551 and in addition Health Visitor students made 186
attendances at the Municipal Centres.
At the Holborn Centre, No. 10, John Street, 5,897 attendances were made by
390 mothers and expectant mothers; and 500 children of whom 227 were under
one year, 89 between one and two years old, and 184 aged 2-5 years on the date
of their first attendance.
At the St. Giles' Centre, Short's Gardens, 1,369 attendances were made by 60
mothers and expectant mothers and 120 children, of whom 64 were under one year,
18 from one to two years and 38 between two and five years.
Ante-natal Hygiene.
Under the scheme for the voluntary notification of pregnancy which came into
force in January, 1928, 25 voluntary notifications were received during 1938 as
compared with 40 in 1937. All these expectant mothers, as well as those already