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Islington 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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[1937
Attendances, etc., at the various Departments of the Four Voluntary Centres, year ending March 31st, 1937.
| North. | South. | East. | West. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Pre-Natal Clinics and Ailing Mother Clinics. | |||||
| Number held weekly | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| ,, of attendances | 2.538 | 864 | 462 | 412 | 4,276 |
| 2. Consultations for Children up to 5 Years of Age. | |||||
| Number held weekly | 10 | 11 | **10 | 7 | 38 |
| ,, of attendances | 22,692 | 18,415 | 14,312 | 11,242 | 66,661 |
| 3. Home Visiting. | |||||
| Number of visits made | 17,210 | 13,322 | 10,729 | 8,674 | 49,935 |
| 4. Dental Clinics. | |||||
| Number attending | 698 | 177 | 85 | 83 | 1,043 |
| „ of attendances or arrangements made for attendances | 2,068 | 470 | - | - | 2,538 |
| 5. Morning Callers. | |||||
| Number of attendances | 1,646 | 554 | ‡- | 762 | 2,962 |
| 6. Massage Clinics. | |||||
| Number of cases given massage or sent for massage | 93 | 108 (& Sunlight treatment) | 109 | 43 | 353 |
| 7. Wards. | |||||
| Number of beds | 18 | - | - | 8 | 26 |
| „ of patients received | 208 | - | - | 88 | 296 |
| 8. Number of Children on Books | 2,122 | 1,603 | 1,217 | 1,043 | 5,985 |
** Including two Observation Clinics.
‡Not recorded.
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
Contributions by the Borough Council year ended 31st March, 1938.
Voluntary Welfare Centres.
North Centre 5,661
South „ 2,776
East „ 2,137
West „ 2,154
Total £12,728
EMERGENCY MATERNITY UNIT.
Arising out of Circular 1622 on Maternal Mortality and the various recommendations
made in this Circular, the Council decided to investigate the possibility
of the establishment of a Maternal Emergency Unit in Islington.
The importance of such a Unit was indicated in the report on Maternal Mortality
presented to Parliament in 1937, and which showed that lives were lost through
women being sent to hospital in certain types of cases, where it might have been
more desirable for the services of a skilled hospital staff to be brought to the patient
in her own home.