Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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"Thanks also are due to Alderman Miss C. M. Eve, J.P., for
her frequent gifts of woollies, and especially for her Christmas gifts;
and to Councillor Liverman, through whom some of our poorest
homes have the happiness of receiving a hamper at Christmas.
"It is gratifying to have a low Infant Mortality Rate, more
especially as it is the last year we have Professor Kenwood as
Medical Officer of Health.
"Of the 41 infants who died, 9 only had attended the Centres.
Four of these are dealt with by the Medical Officer in her report.
Of the remaining 5, 2 died after only one attendance at 29 and
40 days old, the first having congenital malformation of the intestines
and the second dying of Broncho-Pneumonia, but also being
congenital. Both infants were referred to their own doctor when
brought to the Centres. Of the 3 who had made (combined) 8
attendances, one was a delicate infant under its own doctor and
hospital the whole of its life; one was sent to its own doctor on its
first attendance, and the other on its third attendance, after which
it lived 5 weeks, dying of Ileo Colitis and Marasmus in Hackney
Hospital.
The appended table indicates the scope of the Maternity and Child Welfare work done during the year 1926 and recent years.
1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | |
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Infants born | 937 | 960 | 876 | 842 | 852 |
Home Visits, Primary | 1,073 | 1,088 | 1,126 | 1,139 | 1,201 |
,, ,, Secondary | 3,042 | 3,558 | 4,006 | 4,023 | 4,050 |
Number of Children on Registers at Welfare Centres | 1,032 | 990 | 955 | 970 | 894 |
Attendances of Children for Weighing and Consultations | 7,640 | 8.833 | 8,911 | 9,163 | 8,590 |
Attendances of Mothers for Advice, etc. | 6,429 | 7,008 | 6,338 | 5,462 | 5,030 |
Attendances of Mothers at Ante-Natal Consultations | 176 | 178 | 242 | 256 | 363 |
Attendances of Mothers at Needlework Class | 382 | 347 | 418 | 423 | 431 |
Attendances of Children at Needlework Class | 577 | 413 | 458 | 483 | 397 |