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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

London County Council 1958

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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CARE OF MOTHERS AND YOUNG CHILDREN
The main features of the Council's services for care of mothers and young children
remained as in previous years. Day-to-day administration of the services is the
responsibility of the nine divisional health committees, and the reports of the individual
divisional medical officers are given in the section which begins on page 124. Details of
changes in centres during the year will be found in the section on health service
premises, page 46.

Table: Maternity and child welfare Particulars of sessions and attendances are given in the following table: Table (i)—Clinics for mothers and young children

Maternity and child welfare Particulars of sessions and attendances are given in the following table: Table (i)—Clinics for mothers and young children

19491955195619571958
Ante-natal, post-natal and combined clinics:
Number at end of year148118116118112
Sessions per month1,220846805786799
Ante-natal:
First attendances29,91722,23123,37923,91825,673
Total attendances184,018116,042122,662121,579134,684
Percentage of pregnant women attending an ante-natal clinic5243444445
Post-natal:
Number of women attending during the year5,8394,2584,5433,8873,714
Child welfare clinics:
Number at end of year165176178178179
Sessions per month1,7841,9391,9531,9901,991
Attendances under a year:
First48,48943,06844,91046,38749,229
Total683,089587,143595,690613,147611,057
Attendances over 1 year282,202193,273189,388183,538177,283
Attendances at special toddlers clinics35,50041,26841,05540,84838,940
Percentage of infants attending a centre at least once in the first year of life8686868688

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Family
planning
Advice on family planning is provided for married women for whom further
pregnancy would be detrimental to health. The number of women attending for
advice was :
1957 1958
At sessions provided by Council .. .. 4,092 4,392
Referred by Council to Family Planning Association
.. .. .. .. .. .. 688 702

Table: National welfare foodsAverage weekly issues

National welfare foodsAverage weekly issues

195619571958
National dried milk (tins)25,41319,83915,791
Cod-liver oil (bottles)6,1565,1913,620
Vitamin tablets (packets)2,9522,7882,736
Orange juice (bottles)48,16348,92531,360