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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
St Pancras 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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In 1923 the Council's Centre staff made 37,701 visits to 4,154 children, and 4,140 visits
to 1,714 expectant mothers; the trained workers not paid by the Council made 12,208 visits to
666 children, and 453 visits to 206 expectant mothers.
The visiting work is set out in detail on the next page, and is summarised in the following statement:—
| No. of Expectant Mothers Visited. | Total Visits to Expectant Mothers. | No. of Children Visited. | Total Visits to Children. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Town Hall health visitors | 164 | 360 | 581 | 2850 | ||
| Staff at the Centres paid by the Council | 1714 | 4140 | 4154 | 37701 | ||
| Total work by Council visitors | 1878 | 4500 | 4735 | 40551 | ||
| Staff at the Centres paid by the Council | 1714 | 4140 | 4154 | 37701 | ||
| Trained staff at the Centres not paid by the Council | 206 | 453 | 666 | 12208 | ||
| Total work by Centre visitors | 1920 | 4593 | 4820 | 49909 | ||
| Total visits by all trained visitors— 1923 | 2084 | 4953 | 5401 | 52759 | ||
| 1922 | 2342 | 4770 | 6194 | 50347 | ||
| 1921 | 2547 | 5730 | 7280 | 53547 | ||
Maternity and Child Welfare Centres.
These are now 14 in number, each Centre is managed by a Committee, the members of
which not only give valuable help at the various consultations, but also provide additional
funds for the maintenance of many other useful and very necessary activities associated with
the work of each Centre. The Council has representatives on each committee and each
committee sends one representative to the Council's Maternity and Child Welfare SubCommittee.
The Centres at University College Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, and its
Marlborough Maternity Section are not subsidised by the Council.
The table on the next page gives statistics concerning the work of all the Centres during
1923. It will be seen that 1,827 infant consultations and 514 ante-natal consultations were held
during the year. The children who attended for the first time numbered 3,135 under one year
of age and 367 over one year of age.
The children under one year of age attending for the first time amounted to 72 per
cent. of the births registered during the year.
The total attendances of all children were 55,265, compared with 51,426 in 1922, and
52,600 in 1921.
The total attendances of expectant mothers were 6,389, as compared with 6,033 in
1922.