London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES IN THE BOROUGH
| Centre. | St. Pancras School for Mothers (Ampthill Square) | Camden Town. | Kentish Town. | North St. Pancras School for Mothers (Queen's Crescent) | Somers Town. | South Highgate. | University College Hospital. | Royal Free Hospital. | Totals. | |||||||||
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| 1944 | 1945 | 1944 | 1945 | 1944 | 1945 | 1944 | 1945 | 1944 | 1945 | 1944 | 1945 | 1944 | 1945 | 1944 | 1945 | 1944 | 1945 | |
| Ante Natal— | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sessions | 24 | 27 | 60 | 61 | 85 | 85 | 76 | 89 | 15 | 20 | 12 | 26 | 203 | 202 | 148 | 150 | 623 | 660 |
| Attendances | 265 | 384 | 935 | 996 | 1,008 | 953 | 852 | 1,128 | 194 | 314 | 143 | 429 | 2,596 | 3,416 | 509 | 919 | 6,502 | 8,539 |
| Post Natal— | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sessions | — | _ | 24 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | 23 |
| Attendances | — | 273 | 286 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 273 | 286 | |
| Sessions | 149 | 122 | 250 | 247 | 149 | 145 | 150 | 150 | 128 | 99 | 103 | 99 | 103 | 102 | 97 | 101 | 1,129 | 1,065 |
| Attendances- | ||||||||||||||||||
| Age 0-1 | 2,021 | 2,110 | 3,253 | 4,007 | 4,128 | 4,861 | 3,945 | 4,727 | 1,997 | 2,874 | 2,610 | 3,013 | 382 | 371 | 87 | 12 | 18,423 | 21.975 |
| Age 1-5 | 1,047 | 1,268 | 1,624 | 1,720 | 1,629 | 2,028 | 973 | 1,238 | 1,135 | 1,519 | 1,353 | 1,702 | 241 | 246 | 25 | 38 | 8,027 | 9,759 |
| Total | 3,068 | 3,378 | 4,877 | 5,727 | 5,757 | 6,889 | 4,918 | 5,965 | 3,132 | 4,393 | 3,963 | 4,715 | 623 | 617 | 112 | 50 | 26,450 | 31,734 |
| 29 | 32 | 85 | 83 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 114 | 115 | |
| Attendances— | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mothers | 225 | 237 | 818 | 833 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,043 | 1,070 |
| Children | 81 | 116 | 151 | 192 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 232 | 308 |
| Sessions | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 83 | 57 | — | - | — | — | 83 | 57 |
| Attendances— | ||||||||||||||||||
| Age 0-1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | __ | _ | 111 | 141 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 111 | 141 |
| Age 1-5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,554 | 675 | — | — | — | — | 1,554 | 675 |
| Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,665 | 816 | — | — | — | — | 1,665 | 816 |