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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Centres | St. Pancras School for Mothers (Ampthill Square) | Camden Town | Kentish Town | North St. Pancras School for Mothers (Queen's Crescent) | Somers Town | South Highgate | Totals for Council's Centres | University College Hospital | Grand Totals | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 1945 | 1945 | 1945 | 1945 | 1945 | 1945 | 1945 | 1945 | ||||||||||
| Ante-natal sessions | 27 | 61 | 85 | 89 | 20 | 26 | 308 | 202 | 510 | |||||||||
| First attendances | 125 | 243 | 215 | 310 | 108 | 112 | 1,113 | 459 | 1,572 | |||||||||
| Subsequent attendances | 259 | 753 | 738 | 818 | 206 | 317 | 3,091 | 2,957 | 6,048 | |||||||||
| Post-natal sessions | — | — | 23 | — | — | — | — | 23 | — | — | 23 | |||||||
| Attendances | — | — | 286 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 286 | — | — | 286 | |||
| Infants sessions | 122 | 247 | 145 | 150 | 99 | 99 | 862 | 102 | 964 | |||||||||
| First attendances, age 0-1 | 169 | 338 | 340 | 342 | 213 | 182 | 1,584 | 42 | 1,626 | |||||||||
| Subsequent attendances, age 0-1 | 1,941 | 3,669 | 4,521 | 4,385 | 2,661 | 2,831 | 20,008 | 329 | 20,337 | |||||||||
| *First attendances, age 1-5 | 12 | 75 | 44 | 27 | 33 | 25 | 216 | 8 | 224 | |||||||||
| Subsequent attendances, age 1-5 | 1,256 | 1,645 | 1,984 | 1,211 | 1,486 | 1,677 | 9,259 | 238 | 9,497 | |||||||||
| Total attendances | 3,378 | 5,727 | 6,889 | 5,965 | 4,393 | 4,715 | 31,067 | 617 | 31,684 | |||||||||
| Dental Clinic sessions | 32 | 83 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 115 | — | — | 115 | ||||
| Attendances— | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mothers | 237 | 833 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,070 | — | — | 1,070 | ||||
| Children | 116 | 192 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 308 | — | — | 308 | ||||
| Massage sessions | 91 | 100 | 89 | 55 | 95 | 89 | 519 | — | — | 519 | ||||||||
| Massage attendances | 389 | 953 | 374 | 362 | 735 | 545 | 3,358 | — | — | 3,358 | ||||||||
| Gynaecological clinics— | ||||||||||||||||||
| First attendances | — | — | — | — | 112 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 112 | — | — | 112 | |||
| Subsequent attendances | — | — | — | — | 312 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 312 | — | — | 312 | |||
| Dinners— | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mothers | 2,204 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2,204 | — | — | 2,204 | |||
| Children | 2,376 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
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* Excluding transfers from other centres.