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City of Westminster 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table VIII.
| - | Pimlico Road. | Bessborough Street. | Frith Street. | Page Street. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-natal— First visits | 210 | 222 | 102 | 181 | 715 |
| Other visits | 535 | 241 | 171 | 350 | 1.287 |
| Children under 1 year of age First visits | 346 | 344 | 284 | 296 | 1,270 |
| Other visits | 1,628 | 963 | 1,202 | 1,310 | 5,103 |
| Children over 1 and under 6 | |||||
| years— Visits | 2,788 | 1,746 | 2,469 | 2,627 | 9,630 |
| Death enquiries, still-births, &c | 49 | 41 | 41 | 25 | 156 |
| Infectious diseases | 351 | 201 | 54 | 208 | 814 |
The Council's midwife paid 579 visits before, and 361 after, confinements
which are not included in the above Table.
Infant Clinics.—These are held at the following centres at the times
mentioned:—
Council's Centres—
1, Pimlico Road—2 p.m. Wednesday. 2 p.m. Friday.
15, Bessborough Street—2 p.m. Thursday and 2 p.m. Tuesday
(combined with ante-natal clinic).
9, Frith Street—2 p.m. Wednesday.
Westminster Health Society—
30, Page Street—2 p.m. Tuesday. 2 p.m. Friday.
It will be noted from the following table of attendances that the
work at the centres continues satisfactorily, as shown by the average
attendance per session. The comparative totals since 1926 are also
shewn on page 102.
Nursing of Cases of Illness connected with Pregnancy.—An important
and very necessary extension of nursing services was effected by the
Council in the early part of the year. Formerly, although nursing
facilities had been provided for all cases of illness in children under five
years of age and also for lying-in women suffering from peurperal fever
and puerperal pyrexia, there were none for women suffering from other
complications consequent upon confinement or for illness connected
with pregnancy. Cases of this nature may not necessarily be serious,but
a great many, as, for example, cases of breast abscess, require skilled
nursing. Arrangements which were approved by the Ministry of Health
were made with the three nursing associations for the" nursing of these
cases.