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Southwark 1937

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Table: MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE CENTRES.Showing the Attendances at the Several Centres and Visits Paid to the homes of Mothers and Children by Health Visitors.TABLE 12.

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Showing the Attendances at the Several Centres and Visits Paid to the homes of Mothers and Children by Health Visitors.

TABLE 12.

	St. John 1a.	St. Mary 1b.	St. Paul 2A.	St. Peter 2B.	All Saints 3A.	Lady Margaret 3B.	Cross way 4A.	St. Stephen 4B.	St. Jude. 5.	St. Michael 6A.	St. Saviour 6B.	St. George 6c.	Roman Catholic	Guy's 7.	Total.
Number of Births notified during the year	280	263	347	190	177	188	106	116	184	197	155	81	—	33	2317
Number of individual children attending the Centres during the year	477	500	434	319	288	380	278	327	426	359	311	242	164	141	4646
Number of Sessions held during the year	97	91	95	93	95	98	92	94	93	96	88	45	45	125	1247
Number of children in 1—5 age group attending during the year	218	182	135	112	107	150	123	224	295	214	144	127	84	87	2202
Number of new cases attending the Centres during the year—
(1) Expectant Mothers (Ante-natal Clinics)	—	146	—	122	—	—	—	—	35	—	—	—	—	724	1027
(2) Infants under 1 year	201	213	246	157	117	137	105	92	141	159	98	70	72	58	1866
(3) Seen by Doctor	201	213	246	157	117	137	105	92	141	159	98	70	72	58	1866
(4) Children 1 to 5 years	66	39	39	37	28	31	35	18	38	36	16	10	28	6	427
(5) Seen by Doctor	66	39	39	37	28	31	35	18	38	36	16	10	28	6	427
Method of Feeding—(a) Breast	183	183	208	121	97	116	78	77	102	123	79	55	43	41	1506
(b) Breast and bottle	10	21	29	21	11	8	20	9	29	18	14	4	23	4	221
(c) Bottle	3	10	9	12	5	10	7	8	7	10	7	5	7	13	113
(d) Ordinary diet	71	38	39	40	32	34	35	16	41	44	14	16	27	6	453
Total number of attendances during the year—														• U	40 O
(1) Expectant Mothers (Ante-natal Clinics) seen by Doctor	—	470	—	367	—	—	—	—	263	—	—	—	—	4690	5790
(2) Infants under 1 year	5543	2746	3238	2434	1839	2419	1799	1884	2171	2851	1576	1583	667	2275	33025
(3) Children 1 to 5 years	3837	1501	1290	1542	1144	2848	1951	1030	3746	2068	1514	1606	920	813	25810
Average number of attendances (infants under 1)	57.1	30.2	34.0	26.2	19.4	24.6	19.6	20.0	23.3	29.7	17.9	35.2	14.8	18.2	—
do. do. (children 1—5)	39.5	16.5	13.6	16.6	12.0	29.1	20.8	10.9	10.3	21.5	17.2	35.7	20.4	6.5	—
(4) Total number of attendances of Infants seen by Doctor during the year	1464	1364	1694	1130	968	926	885	966	1218	1022	696	733	356	805	14227
(5) Total number of attendances of children 1 to 5 years seen by Doctor during the year	747	653	627	622	606	1052	632	472	1089	715	573	660	376	407	9231
(6) Number of weighings recorded (Children)	6103	4243	4431	3905	3011	4698	3540	2674	4075	1526	2887	3154	1293	2466	51006
(7) Post-natal Cases seen by Doctor	259	165	252	146	131	149	81	16	324	177	89	53	—	497	2339
Total number of first visits paid by Health Visitors to homes of—
Expectant Mothers	185	200	212	150	85	149	57	27	218	149	96	36	13	396	1973
Infants under 1 year	295	261	331	196	187	184	105	123	189	198	154	84	—	31	2338
Children 1 to 5 years	41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	29	—	—	37	49	6	162
Total number of revisits paid by Health Visitors to homes of—
(1) Expectant Mothers	293	157	32	31	47	112	11	43	265	23	80	52	73	358	1577
(2) Infants under 1 year	1377	1465	1310	784	747	1423	661	1260	1311	956	890	688	261	524	13657
(3) Children 1 to 5 years	1763	1530	1589	1076	1679	1694	1084	1546	2256	1034	1342	1360	325	895	19173

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Table: MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE CENTRES.Showing the Attendances at the Several Centres and Visits Paid to the homes of Mothers and Children by Health Visitors.TABLE 12.