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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Centre. | Attendances at Consultations. | Visits by Trained Visitors. | Consultations. | Number of Visitors. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expectant Mothers. | Children. | Expectant Mothers. | Children. | Infants, | Expectant Mothers. | |||||||||||||||
| New cases. | Total attendances. | New cases. | Total attendances. | |||||||||||||||||
| Under 1 year. | 1 -2 years | 2 - 5 years. | Total. | Under 1 year. | 1 - 2 years. | 2-5 years. | Total. | First visits. | Total visits. | First visits. | Total visits. | Per month. | Total. | Per month. | Total. | Council Staff. | Others. | |||
| St. Pancras School for Mothers— | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ampthill Square. | 45 | 121 | 228 | 24 | 26 | 278 | 2865 | 1117 | 883 | 4865 | 274 | 337 | 468 | 2951 | 14 | 170 | ‡1 | 19 | 3 | — |
| Somers Town | 57 | 175 | 309 | 18 | 25 | 352 | 4318 | 1890 | 1159 | 7367 | 235 | 625 | 431 | 5768 | 16 | 206 | 1 | 12 | *4 | 1(c) |
| North St. Pancras School for Mothers (Queen's Crescent) | 101 | 290 | 322 | 16 | 19 | 357 | 4921 | 1648 | 1207 | 7779 | 162 | 416 | 506 | 4272 | 18 | 214 | 12 | 17 | 3 | _ |
| South Highgate Centre | — | — | 83 | 9 | 6 | 98 | 1570 | 763 | 319 | 2652 | 85 | 209 | 122 | 1594 | 8 | 103 | — | — | 1 | — |
| *Grafton Road Centre | 10 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 384 | 179 | 126 | 689 | 18 | 31 | 40 | 574 | 14 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — |
| Camden Town Centre | 164 | 227 | 398 | 48 | 54 | 500 | 5454 | 2084 | 1730 | 9268 | 309 | 391 | 612 | 4231 | 20 | 243 | 2 | 23 | *4 | — |
| § Argyle Square Centre | 2 | 4 | 54 | 4 | 2 | 60 | 605 | 183 | 80 | 868 | 37 | 55 | 93 | 571 | 8 | 31 | — | — | 1 | — |
| Caversham Road Centre | 159 | 885 | 328 | 47 | 11 | 386 | 4739 | 696 | 953 | 6388 | 258 | 721 | 502 | 4701 | 15 | 142 | 4 | 48 | 2 | 2(d) |
| ‡ Dniversity College Hospital | 716 | 3730 | — | — | — | 748 | — | — | — | 4271 | 296 | 296 | 158 | 4168 | 18 | 204 | 18 | 204 | _ | 2 |
| †Royal Free Hospital. | 232 | 913 | — | — | — | 122 | 489 | 235 | 252 | 976 | 188 | 228 | 154 | 556 | 12 | 154 | 12 | 150 | — | 3 |
| Totals | 1476 | 6367 | — | — | — | 2927 | — | — | — | 45123 | 1862 | 3309 (a) | 3086 | 29386 (b) | 143 | 1420 | 141 | 475 | *19 | 8 |
* Previous to transference of work of Argyle Square Centre on 25th April the staff at Somers Town was 2 full-time Council Visitors, with an additional
visitor attached for 3 days a week. Previous to transference of work of Grafton Road Centre on 22nd February the staff at Camden Town Centre was
3 full-time Council Visitors, with an additional visitor attached for 3 days a week. The Council's visiting staff at the Centres totals 19.
An additional visitor was also attached to the following Centres :—
Ampthill Square (for 10 months), Grafton Road, Camden Town, Caversham Road, Argyle Square, for 3 days a week ; Queen's Crescent
(6 months) for 2 days a week ; South Highgate (6 months) for 3 days a week, and remainder of year for 1 day a week.
(a) Exclusive of 13 visits by students (Caversham Road).
(b),, 58 „ ( „ ).
(c) Part-time trained visitor.
(d) 1 full-time and 1 part-time trained visitor Caversham Road,
† Figures refer to St. Pancras cases only. (At University College Hospital there is, in addition to these 2 health visitors, 1 Sister with 5 Visiting
Maternity Nurses who are detailed to visit special ante-natal cases.)
‡ Ampthill Square Ante-Natal Consultations reduced from 2 to 1 per month from June, 1932.
Queen's Crescent ,, ,, increased ,, 1 to 2 ,, ,, August, 1932.
% Work of this Centre was transferred to new premises of Camden Town Centre on 22nd February, 1932.
§ Work of this Centre was transferred to Somers Town Centre on 25th April, 1932.