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St Pancras 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Table III.
Return of Attendances, Visits and Consultations at the various Welfare Centres in the Borough during 1937.
| Centre. | Attendances at Consultations. | Visits at Trained Visitors. | Consultations | Number of Visitors | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expectant Mothers. | Children. | Expectant Mothers. | Children. | Children. | Expectant Mothers. | ||||||||||||||||
| No. of Birth Notification® allocated to centre. | New cases. | Total attendances. | New cases. | Total attendances. | |||||||||||||||||
| Under 1 year. | 1-2 years. | 2- 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 | 358 | 47 | 98 | 234 | 39 | 52 | 325 | 2798 | 1077 | 1066 | 4941 | 229 | 773 | 393 | 6076 | 14 | 170 | 1 | 12 | 3 | — |
| Camden Town Centre | 526 | 142 | 372 | 429 | 45 | 64 | 538 | 5226 | 1831 | 1837 | 8894 | 364 | 640 | 718 | 6089 | 21 | 249 | 2 | 24 | 4 | — |
| Kentish Town Centre | 425 | 129 | 651 | 314 | 25 | 47 | 386 | 4575 | 960 | 1078 | 6613 | 276 | 861 | 460 | 5823 | 12 | 144 | 4 | 48 | 4 | — |
| North St. Pancras School for Mothers, Queen's Crescent | 476 | 135 | 424 | 367 | 34 | 37 | 438 | 4621 | 1576 | 1032 | 7229 | 280 | 741 | 610 | 5188 | 16 | 201 | 3 | 36 | 3 | _ |
| Somers Town Centre | 345 | 38 | 145 | 276 | 22 | 36 | 334 | 3641 | 1436 | 1085 | 6162 | 220 | 469 | 414 | 4284 | 16 | 198 | 1 | 12 | 2 | — |
| South Highgate Centre | 172 | — | — | 97 | 10 | 18 | 125 | 1789 | 1058 | 919 | 3766 | 76 | 150 | 116 | 1431 | 8 | 104 | — | — | 1 | — |
| ‡†Royal Free Hospital . | — | 108 | 513 | 42 | 7 | 26 | 75 | 465 | 164 | 243 | 872 | 146 | 164 | 63 | 296 | 13 | 154 | 12 | 151 | — | 3 |
| ‡†University College Hospital | — | 530 | 2986 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 178 | 312 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 103 | — | 2 |
| Totals | 2367 | 1129 | 5189 | 1759 | 182 | 280 | 2221 | 23115 | 8102 | 7260 | 38477 | 1769 | 4110 | 2774 | 29187 | 102 | 1220 | 31 | 386 | 17 | 5 |
| *University College Hospital | 65 | — | — | 39 | 12 | 1 | 52 | 322 | 69 | 25 | 416 | — | — | 85 | 562 | 8 | 69 | — | — | — | — |
* As from 1st May, 1937. and in respect of Ward 7 only, as per scheme described on page 116.
An additional visitor was also attached to the following Centres:—
North St. Pancras school for Mothers, 2 days a week; Kentish Town, 3 days a week; and South Highgate, for 1 day a week.
† Figures refer to St. Pancras cases only.
(In addition to the above.—visits were made by Student visitors attached to Centres, us follows:—Camden Town 1037; and Kentish Town 445.)
‡ See explanatory remarks regarding these two centres on pages 109, 110 and 116.