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 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
206
348
90
248
85
160
319
354
258
343
695
74
487
3,722
2. Nursing Mothers
99
440
912
806
755
277
374
592
328
474
787
437
31
122
6,434
3. Infants (under 1 year)
103
441
1,056
570
939
237
379
848
562
681
606
496
123
7,041
4. Children (aged 1-5 years)
98
711
1,134
380
888
129
392
239
293
749
396
230
—
101
5,740
Total
355
1,798
3,450
1,846
2,830
728
1,305
1,998
1,537
2,162
2,132
1,858
105
833
22,937
Total
Numbers
op Sessions
Held
1. Ante-natal
|—
—
49
26
—
—
48
104
51
49
99
152
306
884
2. Medical " Consultations "
50
58
77
157
144
47
156
24 6
101
202
137
154
—
58
1,587
3. Dental
—
25
—
—
—
55
—
24
46
100
—
51
301
4. Others
45
85
51
176
76
62
46
233
23
211
88
—
247
50
1,393
Total
9^
143
177
384
220
109
250
638
175
486
370
406
247
465
4,165
Total
Numbers
of all
Attendances
at the
Sessions
(a) Ante-natal
—
—
217
214
—
—
380
1,259
684
1,197
1,407
2,820
—
2,787
10,965
(6) Seen by Medical Officer
15
36
217
192
—
—
1,395
—
783
1,010
—
—
—
—
3,648
(c) Otherwise dealt with
33
17
—
—
—
—
225
—
140
187
—
—
—
—
602
90
245
71
275
765
(e) Others
128
110
256
34
376
229
96
91
393
659
2,372
Total
176
163
690
440
376
229
2,096
1,349
1,698
2,478
2,045
2,891
659
3,062
18,352
2. Nursing Mothers.
(a) Seen by Medical Officer
365
1,139
1,111
2,190
3,051
1,042
2,792
2,271
1,088
2,021
2,917
1,544
—
909
22,440
(b) Otherwise dealt with
644
627
1,353
292
2,186
1,460
3,384
—
1,630
1,125
5,509
—
—
53
18,263
(c) Dental
70
—
—
682
—
77
138
14
—
53
1,034
(d) Others
253
1,995
230
719
340
424
100
—
25
212
548
—
719
112
5,677
Total
1,262
3,761
2,694
3,271
5,577
2,926
6,276
2,953
2,743
3,435
9,112
1,558
719
1,127
47,414