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Southwark 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]

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Table: MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE CENTRES.Showing the Attendances at the several Centres and Visits paid by Health Visitors.TABLE 54.

MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE CENTRES.

Showing the Attendances at the several Centres and Visits paid by Health Visitors.

TABLE 54.

CENTRESTotal.
la.1b.2a.2b.3a.3b.4a.4b.5.6a.6b.6c.7.
Number of Births notified during the year477456349331313349303283328435292125524093
Number of individual children attending the Centre during year28956433531724627036437243642532864564066
Number of Sessions held during the year969696969448929291968848921125
Number of new cases attending the Centres during the year —
(1) Expectant Mothers13722891810618441531-9151296
(2) Infants under 1 year25640222819419222422522825328125158552847
(3) Seen by Doctor2163121661531351631551892132209551552123
(4) Children 1 to 5 years33162107123544613914418314477611219
(5) Seen by Doctor3174578523341109312799861748
Method of Feeding—(a) Breast22531218614815318017019618922520247532286
(b) Breast and bottle141918182124311034203241246
(c) Bottle147134311837252325412681354
(d) Ordinary diet3616297120542913814318813968511180
Total number of attendances at the Centres during the year—
(1) Mothers623965355179463038203745366744894370517543471575-53771
(2) Expectant Mothers4477815917367561116110108141328804249
(3) Infants under 1 year3536407030312677264127351798272019012922235995886732215
(4) Children 1 to 5 years213121161888164111139641199240929481620159291177321305
(1) Average number of attendances65.068153.948.240.678.039.948.848053.949.432.8--
(2) do. do.4.6081.71.80.71.20.10.2101.01.6-31.3-
(3) do. do.36.842.431.627.928.157.019.529.620.930.426.82009.4-
(4) do. do.22.222.019.717.111.820.113026.232.416.918.11908.4-
(5) Total number of attendances of Infants seen by Doctor during
the year11881289106312358169181119148111931404128843883714269
(6) Total number of attendances of children 1 to 5 years seen by
Doctor during the year4144156036132804556529959056694964057567658
(7) Post-natal cases1530116914851561797137211131493192312961169284-15192
(8) Children weighed420156684269338334383416297542022989437038911918164046360
Total number of first visits paid by Health Visitors to homes of—
(1) Expectant Mothers1382169915152783216529010162368912311
(2) Infants under 1 year473460351340323349303283329448294125534131
(3) Children 1 to 5 years62-------16-12—90
Total number of revisits paid by Health Visitors to homes of—
(1) Expectant Mothers256-37-19---243122014312501980
(2) Infants under 1 year1739161211421584110914837671977163419831285115789318365
(3) Children 1 to 5 years406917761303224216291756199425782674199319052702108827709

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Sewing Classes were held during the year at No. 5 Centre, with a total attendance of 366.
do. do. do. under the direction of Mrs. Holland with a total attendance of 328.
do. do. do. at No. la Centre, with a total attendance of 340.