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 1948
[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 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | 1947 | 1948 | 1947 | 1948 | 1947 | 1948 | 1947 | 1948 | 1947 | 1948 | 1947 | 1948 | 1947 | 1948 | 1947 | 1948 | 1947 | |
| Ante.natal sessions | 60 | 107 | 94 | 101 | 50 | 51 | 463 | 203 | 666 | |||||||||
| First attendances | 243 | 398 | 314 | 394 | 625 | 109 | 2,083 | 397 | 2,480 | |||||||||
| Subsequent attendances | 908 | 1,887 | 1,597 | 1,926 | 706 | 618 | 7,642 | 3,682 | 11,324 | |||||||||
| Post.natal sessions | – | 1 | – | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | – | – | – | 22 |
| First attendances | – | 8 | – | 273 | – | 4 | – | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | 297 | – | – | – | 297 |
| Subsequent attendances | – | 1 | – | 16 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | – | – | – | 18 |
| Infant Sessions | 99 | 203 | 151 | 153 | 129 | 100 | 835 | 102 | 937 | |||||||||
| *First attendances, age 0.1 | 255 | 534 | 196 | 470 | 471 | 332 | 203 | 2,265 | 89 | 2,354 | ||||||||
| Subsequent attendances, age 0.1 | 2,964 | 6,578 | 3,139 | 6,325 | 5,526 | 4,754 | 3,249 | 29,396 | 802 | 30,198 | ||||||||
| *First attendances, age 1.5 | 31 | 61 | 21 | 32 | 2.1 | 31 | 12 | 191 | 19 | 210 | ||||||||
| Subsequent attendances, age 1.5 | 972 | 1,863 | 1,490 | 1,765 | 1,003 | 1,685 | 1,545 | 8,833 | 382 | 9,215 | ||||||||
| Total attendances | 4,222 | 9,036 | 4,846 | 8,592 | 7,024 | 6,802 | 5,009 | 40,685 | 1,292 | 41,977 | ||||||||
| Dental Clinic sessions | 36 | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 129 | – | – | 129 | ||||
| Attendances— | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mothers | 220 | 1,226 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,446 | – | – | 1,446 | ||||
| Children | 140 | 231 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 371 | – | – | 371 | ||||
| Massage sessions | 91 | 53 | 102 | 91 | 97 | 92 | 92 | 565 | – | – | 565 | |||||||
| Massage attendances | 296 | 317 | 795 | 418 | 650 | 587 | 616 | 3,362 | – | – | 3,362 | |||||||
| Gynæcoloeical clinics— | ||||||||||||||||||
| First attendance | – | – | – | – | 159 | – | – | – | – | – | 159 | – | – | 159 | ||||
| Subsequent attendances | – | – | – | – | 296 | – | – | – | – | – | 296 | – | – | 296 | ||||
| Dinner | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mothers | 2,347 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2,347 | – | – | 2,347 | |||
| Children | 2,464 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2,464 | – | – | 2,464 | |||
• Excluding transfers from other centres.
1948 figures are for six months only.