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Lambeth 1934

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

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SUMMARY RELATING TO THE WORK AT WELFARE CENTRES
WELFARE CENTRE
North Marsh
Barley Mow
North
Lambeth
Babies' Care
Moffat
"Rose
McAndrew"
St. Anne's
North
Brixton
Loughborough
Junction
Stockwell
Brixton
West
Norwood
St. Thomas's
Hospital (Main
Building)
St. Thomas's
Hospital
(37 Royal St.)
General
Lying-in
Hospital
Totals
Total
Numbers of
Individual
Cases Dealt
With
1. Expectant Mothers
71
225
189
126
220
101
137
351
301
263
411
614
93
525
3,627
2. Nursing Mothers
100
458
874
392
559
225
552
444
322
424
763
494
42
143
5,792
3. Infants (under 1 year)
102
460
819
272
735
230
559
613
558
536
568
545
—
143
6,140
4. Children (aged 1-5 years)
96
728
824
172
600
113
399
487
278
690
380
241
—
52
5,060
Total
369
1,871
2,706
962
2,114
669
1,647
1,895
1,459
1,913
2,122
1,894
135
863
20,619
Total
Numbers
of Sessions
Held
1. Ante-natal
—
—
49
27
—
—
49
104
51
48
100
152
—
348
928
2. Medical "Consultations"
52
48
87
153
96
48
148
245
99
201
149
154
—
99
1,579
3. Dental
—
—
—
27
—
—
—
54
—
24
47
101
—
50
303
4. Others
Total
44
86
79
166
81
36
62
247
9
181
96
—
223
51
1,361
96
134
215
373
177
84
259
650
159
454
392
407
223
548
4,171
Total
Numbers
of all
Attendances
at the
Sessions
1. Expectant Mothers.
(a) Ante-natal
—
—
200
237
—
—
720
1,346
977
1,139
1,248
2,566
—
2,292
10,725
(b) Seen by Medical Officer
14
54
200
237
—
—
1,062
—
862
953
—
—
—
—
3,382
(c) Otherwise dealt with
35
16
—
—
—
—
253
—
164
186
—
—
—
—
654
(d) Dental
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
117
—
65
148
44
—
284
658
(e) Others
127
130
307
52
899
167
94
—
—
—
259
—
715
26
2,776
Total
176
200
707
526
899
167
2,129
1,463
2,003
2,343
1,655
2,610
715
2,602
18,195
(a) Seen by Medical Officer
449
1,317
823
2,273
2,198
913
2,744
1,936
911
2,147
3,409
1,639
—
925
21,684
(b) Otherwise dealt with...
573
838
1,430
772
1,704
1,166
3,097
—
1,288
1,836
4,793
—
—
45
17,542
(c) Dental
117
—
—
—
604
—
84
183
10
—
70
1,068
(d) Others
254
1,976
360
696
81
106
542
—
24
44
446
—
824
95
5,448
Total
1,276
4,131
2,613
3,858
3,983
2,185
6,383
2,544
2,223
4,111
8,831
1,649
824
1,135
45,742