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Southwark 1938

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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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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.

	Larcom Street (to 1st Oct.)	Health Services Dept. (from 1st Oct.)	Sutherland House.	Villa Street.	Chatham Street.	Cross way.	Lansdowne Place.	Lambeth Road.	Pocock Street.	Borough Road.	Roman Catholic.	Guy's.	Total.
Number of Births notified during the year	201	62	537	367	172	114	114	167	306	85	—	17	2142
Number of individual children attending the Centres during the year	416		836	593	267	268	226	319	558	241	112	119	3955
Number of Sessions held during the year	73	25	183	190	96	92	94	91	183	44	44	153	1268
Number of children in 1—5 age group attending during the year	253		508	367	157	186	150	209	335	181	54	104	2504
Number of new cases attending the Centres during the year—
(1) Expectant Mothers (Ante-natal Clinics)	—	*107	161	117	—	—	—	38	—	—	—	754	1177
(2) Post-natal Cases (including Ante-natal Clinics)	237	90	331	238	137	89	18	117	164	55	—	449	1925
(3) Infants under 1 year	193	52	452	289	133	119	103	137	234	76	78	48	1914
(4) Seen by Doctor	193	52	452	289	133	119	103	137	234	76	78	48	1914
(5) Children 1 to 5 years	43	10	135	37	35	36	26	20	27	23	24	7	423
(6) Seen by Doctor	43	10	135	37	35	36	26	20	27	23	24	7	423
Method of Feeding—(a) Breast	184	46	350	241	102	89	101	92	193	63	46	35	1542
(b) Breast and bottle	2	3	61	24	21	23	2	23	30	8	26	4	227
(c) Bottle	8	1	24	16	9	5	—	16	12	3	10	9	113
(d) Ordinary diet	42	12	152	45	36	38	26	26	26	25	20	7	455
Total number of attendances during the year:—
(1) Expectant Mothers (Ante-natal Clinics) seen by Doctor	—	*289	372	376	—	—	—	222	—	_	—	5151	6410
(2) Post-natal Cases (including Ante-natal Clinics)	245	90	434	325	160	94	33	203	229	62	—	533	2408
(3) Infants under 1 year	4277	800	6043	4300	2379	1924	2034	2438	4573	1491	905	2080	33244
(4) Children 1 to 5 years	3007	362	3228	2564	2582	2447	1301	3883	3691	1280	875	855	26075
Average number of attendances (Infants under 1)	58.6	32.0	33.0	20.3	24.8	20.9	21.6	26.8	24.9	33.9	20.6	13.6	—
Do. do. (Children 1—5)	41.2	14.5	17.6	13.5	26.9	26.6	13.6	42.6	20.2	29.1	19.9	5.6	—
(5) Infants seen by Doctor during the year	1125	356	2976	2030	1033	1011	1137	1282	1912	768	455	624	14709
(6) Children 1 to 5 years seen by Doctor during the year	628	162	1540	1189	1083	936	587	1429	1257	574	258	403	10046
(7) Number of weighings recorded (Children)	4779	1161	9172	6822	4361	4094	3063	4674	7677	2766	1469	2342	52380
Total number of first visits paid by Health Visitors to homes of—
(1) Expectant Mothers	197	60	602	276	150	43	50	226	238	41	21	326	2230
(2) Infants under 1 year	215	48	522	385	178	114	115	178	309	75	—	23	2162
Total number of revisits paid by Health Visitors to homes of—
(1) Expectant Mothers	200	96	255	52	24	14	11	245	157	48	112	263	1477
(2) Infants under 1 year	994	465	3526	1552	1429	581	1418	1053	1896	692	333	240	14179
(3) Children 1 to 5 years	1292	757	4333	2612	1944	1186	1576	1984	2703	1274	559	921	21141

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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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