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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
Islington 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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1933] 20
Convalescent treatment : Various holiday funds helped the Centre and 19
mothers and 25 children had arrangements made for convalescent holidays.
The various Departments of the Four Vohmtary Centres, with the attendances ending March 31st 1933, may be summarised thus :
| North. | South. | East. | West. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ante-Natal Clinics and Ailing Mother Clinics. Number held weekly | §5 | 2 | †l | 1 | 9 |
| of attendances | 2,453 | 884 | 684 | *349 | 4,370 | |
| 2. | Consultations for Children up to 5 Years of Age. Number held weekly | 10 | 11 | **11 | 7 | 39 |
| ,, of attendances | 23,435 | 20,305 | 17,044 | 11,341 | 72,125 | |
| 3. | Home Visiting. No. of visits made | 17,203 | 13,358 | 11,357 | 8,528 | 50,446 |
| 4. | Dental Clinics. Number attending | 659 | 195 | 180 | 80 | 1,114 |
| „ of attendances or arrangements made for attendances | 1,768 | 401 | _ | _ | 2,169 | |
| 5. | Morning Callers. Number of attendances | 1,593 | 947 | ‡- | 1,185 | 3,725 |
| 6. | Massage Clinics. No. of cases given massage or sent for massage | 92 | 132 (& Sunlight treatment) | 102 | 55 | 381 |
| 7. | Wards. Number of beds | 18 | _ | _ | 8 | 26 |
| „ of patients received | 174 | _ | _ | 63 | 237 | |
| 8. | Number of Children on Books | 2,148 | 1,651 | 1,318 | 1,059 | 6,176 |
§ Including occasional Ante-natal clinic on Monday afternoon,
f Extra Clinic held 2nd Thursday in month.
* Attendances of Expectant mothers only.
** Including 2 Observation Clinics,
t Not recorded.
REPORT ON THE WORK OF THE DAY NURSERIES RECEIVING GRANTS FROM THE BOROUGH COUNCIL.
There are three Day Nurseries in the Borough.
| No. of places provided | No. of attendances during 1933 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| i. | Lower Holloway Day Nursery, 547, Liverpool Road, N. | 50 | 10,591 |
| ii. | South Islington Pro Patria Day Nursery, 9, Canonbury Lane, N.l | 55 | 10,709 |
| iii. | St. Luke's Day Nursery, 29 and 30, Penn Road, N.7 | 30 | 5,633 |
| Total | 135 | 26,933 | |
Further particulars regarding- the Day Nurseries, hours, etc., were referred
to in last year's report.
The "Guest House," in connection with St. Luke's Day Nursery, was opened
in March. Its accommodation for twelve (and two extra in an emergency) has
been fully taken up, and the demand for admission has been such that the question
of extension may have to be seriously considered in the near future.