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St Pancras 1947
[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 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | 1946 | 1947 | 1946 | 1947 | 1946 | 1947 | 1946 | 1947 | 1946 | 1947 | 1946 | 1947 | 1946 | 1947 | 1946 | 1947 | 1946 | |
| Ante-natal sessions | 60 | 45 | 107 | 78 | 94 | 91 | 101 | 90 | 50 | 43 | 51 | 50 | 463 | 397 | 203 | 203 | 666 | 600 |
| First attendances | 243 | 216 | 398 | 390 | 314 | 401 | 394 | 466 | 625 | 207 | 109 | 189 | 2,083 | 1,869 | 397 | 506 | 2,480 | 2,375 |
| Subsequent attendances | 908 | 774 | 1,887 | 1,410 | 1,597 | 1,397 | 1,926 | 1,389 | 706 | 572 | 618 | 694 | 7,642 | 6,236 | 3,682 | 3,670 | 11,324 | 9,906 |
| Post-natal sessions | 1 | — | 21 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | 22 | 24 | — | — | 22 | 24 |
| First attendances | 8 | — | 273 | 333 | 4 | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | 297 | 333 | — | — | 297 | 333 |
| Subsequent attendances | 1 | — | 16 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | — | — | 18 | |||
| Infant Sessions | 99 | 99 | 203 | 241 | 151 | 151 | 153 | 153 | 129 | 102 | 100 | 102 | 835 | 848 | 102 | 103 | 937 | 951 |
| *First attendances, age 0-1 | 255 | 193 | 534 | 396 | 470 | 367 | 471 | 398 | 332 | 287 | 203 | 204 | 2,265 | 1,845 | 89 | 79 | 2 354 | 1,924 |
| Subsequent attendances, age 0-1 | 2,964 | 2,254 | 6,578 | 4,640 | 6,325 | 5,180 | 5,526 | 4,317 | 4,754 | 3,523 | 3,249 | 3,214 | 29,396 | 23,128 | 802 | 651 | 30,198 | 23,779 |
| *First attendances, age 1-5 | 31 | 35 | 61 | 83 | 32 | 47 | 24 | 37 | 31 | 45 | 12 | 35 | 191 | 282 | 19 | 20 | 210 | 302 |
| Subsequent attendances, age 1-5 | 972 | 1,330 | 1,863 | 1,886 | 1,765 | 1,840 | 1,003 | 1,205 | 1,685 | 1,438 | 1,545 | 1,752 | 8,833 | 9,451 | 382 | 331 | 9,215 | 9,782 |
| Total attendances | 4,222 | 3,812 | 9,036 | 7,005 | 8,592 | 7,434 | 7,024 | 5,957 | 6,802 | 5,293 | 5,009 | 5,205 | 40,685 | 34,706 | 1,292 | 1,081 | 41,977 | 35,787 |
| Dental Clinic sessions | 36 | 37 | 93 | 91 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 129 | 128 | — | — | 129 | 128 |
| Attendances— | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mothers | 220 | 337 | 1,226 | 1,304 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,446 | 1,641 | — | — | 1,446 | 1,641 |
| Children | 140 | 102 | 231 | 213 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 371 | 315 | — | — | 371 | 315 |
| Massage sessions | 91 | 92 | 102 | 102 | 91 | 85 | 97 | 99 | 92 | 93 | 92 | 94 | 565 | 565 | — | — | 565 | 565 |
| Massage attendances | 296 | 458 | 795 | 811 | 418 | 416 | 650 | 657 | 587 | 630 | 616 | 670 | 3,362 | 3,642 | — | — | 3,362 | 3,642 |
| Gynæcological clinics— | ||||||||||||||||||
| First attendances | — | — | — | — | 159 | 164 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 159 | 164 | — | — | 159 | 164 |
| Subsequent attendances | — | — | — | — | 296 | 436 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 296 | 436 | — | — | 296 | 436 |
| Dinners— | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mothers | 2,347 | 2,809 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2,347 | 2,809 | — | — | 2,347 | 2,809 |
| Children | 2,464 | 2,467 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2,464 | 2,467 | — | — | 2,464 | 2,467 |
| * Excluding transfers from other centres. | ||||||||||||||||||