[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of] page 106

Southwark 1926

[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 55.

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

TABLE 55.

	CENTRES.													Total.
	la.	1b.	2a.	2b.	3a.	3b.	4a.	4b.	5.	6a.	6b.	6c.	7.	Total.
Number of Births notified during the year	459	440	410	294	299	343	301	247	320	404	232	134	45	3928
Number of individual children attending the Centre during year	360	561	398	326	252	274	350	318	544	443	333	79	85	4323
Number of Sessions held during the year	96	96	96	96	96	96	94	94	91	96	88	46	96	1181
Number of new cases attending the Centres during the year—
(1) Expectant Mothers	137	44	83	22	9	4	—	1	57	13	26	2	916	1314
(2) Infants under 1 year	277	374	281	234	187	204	229	183	280	276	224	65	45	2859
(3) Seen by Doctor	209	238	168	164	116	124	139	144	203	208	148	59	45	1965
(4) Children 1 to 5 years	83	187	117	92	65	70	121	135	264	167	89	14	2	1406
(5) Seen by Doctor	34	66	44	46	16	28	55	90	144	89	41	8	2	663
Method of Feeding-(a) Breast	235	295	220	178	140	153	186	151	193	215	217	51	41	2275
(b) Breast and bottle	14	20	36	13	19	24	27	14	43	24	14	7	1	256
(c) Bottle	25	62	30	42	27	25	16	18	46	32	26	7	1	357
(d) Ordinary diet	86	184	112	93	66	72	121	135	262	172	76	14	2	1395
Total number of attendances at the Centres during the year— (1) Mothers	6978	6764	4824	4050	3233	4100	4058	4800	5980	5396	4042	1699	-	55921
(2) Expectant Mothers	408	98	141	146	65	17	3	7	194	111	118	6	3131	4445
(3) Infants under 1 year	4315	4479	3043	2828	2069	2870	1985	2297	1957	3148	2189	993	1072	33245
(4) Children 1 to 5 years	2363	1900	1762	1522	1123	1280	1599	2682	5002	1717	1437	1026	771	24184
(1) Average number of attendances	72.7	70.5	50.2	42.2	33.7	42.7	43.2	51.1	65.7	56.2	45.9	36.9	-	-
(2) do. do.	4.2	1.0	1.5	1.5	0.7	—	—	—	2.1	1.2	1.3	—	32.6	-
(3) do. do.	45.0	46.7	31.7	29.5	21.6	29.9	20.2	24.4	21.5	32.8	24.9	21.6	11.2	-
(4) do. do.	24.6	19.8	18.4	15.8	11.7	13.3	17.0	28.5	55.0	17.9	16.3	22.3	8.0	-
(5) Total number of attendances of Infants seen by Doctor during the year	1217	1290	992	1292	792	960	1121	1200	1055	1398	1030	471	1062	13880
(6) Total number of attendances of children 1 to 5 years seen by Doctor during the year	429	402	577	618	323	443	791	1110	997	782	445	466	766	8149
(7) Post-natal cases	1644	1423	1535	1878	787	1325	1121	1199	1893	1322	1155	294	-	15576
(8) Children weighed	5182	6017	4240	3723	2961	3847	3513	4169	3226	4803	3594	2004	1843	49122
Total number of first visits paid by Health Visitors to homes of— (1) Expectant Mothers	135	220	125	147	49	44	34	165	270	125	53	39	975	2381
(2) Infants under 1 year	476	480	387	310	314	403	263	274	326	415	231	131	55	4065
(3) Children 1 to 5 years	45	—	—	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	19	2	78
Total number of revisits paid by Health Visitors to homes of— (1) Expectant Mothers	284	3	61	-	45	-	2	4	218	18	22	115	779	1551
(2) Infants under 1 year	1871	1615	1288	1459	1100	1557	878	2333	1631	1651	1121	1168	886	18558
(3) Children 1 to 5 years	4068	1886	1658	1985	1566	1658	2498	2504	2731	2365	1906	2869	1385	29079

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Sewing Classes were held during the year at No. 5 Centre, with a total attendance of 259.
do. do. do. under the direction of Mrs. Holland with a total attendance of 444,
do. do. do. at No. la Centre, with a total attendance of 410.

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Table: MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE CENTRES.Showing the Attendances at the several Centres and Visits paid by Health Visitors.TABLE 55.

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