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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
Marylebone 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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STATEMENT SHOWING WORK AT INFANT CONSULTATIONS AND ANTE-NATAL CLINIC CENTRES DURING THE YEAR ENDING 1 ST JANUARY, 1921.
| CENTRE. | Barrow Hill Road | No. 14 Salisbury Street | Queen Charlottes Hospl. | No 101 Crawford Street. | No. 30, Marylebone Lane. | No. 8 Ogle Mews. | The Middlesex Hospl. | The Westn. Cenl. Dispy. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of consultations held | 49 | 261 (205 children 56 maternity) | 302 (254 antenatal 48 infants) | 77 | 100 | 48 | 55 | 21 |
| No. of mothers attending ante-natal clinic | — | 1041 | 7761 | — | 62 | — | — | — |
| No. of attendances of babies | 1333 | 4695 | 1764 | 1598 | 1702 | 827 | 2529 | 53 |
| No. of attendances of children over 2 years | 129 | 958 | — | 137 | 139 | 88 | — | 101 |
| No. of orders issued for milk, etc. | 548 | 3461 | 227 | 585 | 202 | 92 | 187 | 2 |
| No. of home visits | 715 | 5811 | 918 | 1160 | 1070 | 277 | 1130 | — |
| No. of new cases | 167 | 709 | 5110 | 137 | 168 | 80 | 339 | 63 |
The St. Marylebone Babies' Nursing Home, 20, Marlborough Place, N.W.8
Admissions 58. Discharges 53. Deaths ... 8
Average number in the Home throughout the year 12
Day Nurseries—Attendances during the year.
St. John's Wood, Barrow Hill Road 5940
Portman, Exeter Street 8274
Home Helps.—A system of providing assistance in carrying out the work of the
home to expectant, nursing or ailing mothers was in operation throughout the year.
The women employed were found by the health visitors, who also noted the cases
in which assistance was required. The number of cases in which home helps were
employed in 1920 was 29; the average time for which the help was required was
5 weeks (the longest being 21 weeks). The shortest period was 1 week. The total
amount expended during the financial year to 31st March, 1921, was £99 4s. 8d.,
the payments made to the helps being at the rate of 25/- per week.