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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of Westminster 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Particulars relating to these classes are given below:—
Mothercraft Classes.
| — | Pimlico Road. | Bessboro' Street. | Rochester Row. | Greek Street and Mayfair. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11.0 | - | ||||
Materials are purchased in quantity, and sold to the mothers at cost
price. The number of garments made at Pimlico Road were 187;
at Bessborough Street, 246.
Attendance during Confinement.—The Council's midwife attended
necessitous women and emergency cases in the Pimlico area.
Number of cases attended—
| As midwife | 108 |
| As emergency | 2 |
| With hospital students | 5 |
| With private doctor | 1 |
| Total | 116 |
| Number of— | |
| Pre-natal visits | 610 |
| Lying-in visits | 1,402 |
| Subsequent visits | 172 |
| Visits to infants under 1 year other than lying-in visits | 172 |
| Total number of visits | 2,356 |
| Attendances at ante-natal and other clinics:— | |
| 1, Pimlico Road | 72 |
| 15, Bessborough Street | 62 |
| Total | 134 |
In the St. John and St. Margaret's area, the Health Society has two
midwives. The Society has during 1922 taken over the out-patient
maternity work of Charing Cross Hospital.