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Marylebone 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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Maternity Cases.—The Council have not established a Maternity Home or
Hospital, but there is accommodation within the Borough at Queen Charlotte's
Hospital, Middlesex Hospital and in the Labour Wards at the St. Marylebone
Home, Marylebone Road. The number of births notified from these institutions
during 1923 was 2,525, the total births numbering 3,829. The midwives living and
practising in the Borough number 2. Both conduct maternity homes which are
registered by the London County Council.
Work done during 1923.—The following table gives some idea of the work
done at the various centres during the year. The method adopted in relation to the
granting of orders for milk and food under the Maternity and Child Welfare Act,
1918, is fully detailed in the reports for 1919 and 1920, and need not again be
discussed. The total number of orders issued is shown in the table.
STATEMENT SHOWING WORK AT INFANT CONSULTATIONS AND ANTE-NATAL CLINIC CENTRES DURING THE 52 WEEKS ENDING 31ST DECEMBER, 1923.
| CENTRE. | Barrow Hill Road. | No. 14 Salisbury Street. | Queen Charlotte's Hospl. | *No 101 Crawfous streer. | No. 30 Marylebone Lane. | No. 8 Ogle Mews. | The Middlesex Hospl. | The Westn. Genl. Dispy. | The Church Army Dispy. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of consultations held | 55 | 249 (201 children 48 mater nity) | 303 (252 antenatal 51 in fants) | 93 | 96 | 51 | 151 | 93 | 50 |
| No. of attendances of mothers at ante - natal clinic | – | 745 | 7888 | – | 39 | – | _ | 104 | |
| No. of attendances of babies | 1000 | 3382 | 1345 | 1479 | 1044 | 896 | 2816 | 583 | 579 |
| No. of attendances of children over 2 years | 76 | 658 | 71 | 314 | 148 | 227 | 1365 | 1806 | 50 |
| No. of orders issued for milk, etc. | 93 | 440 | 65 | 30 | 75 | 61 | 80 | 1 | _ |
| No.of home visits | 695 | 2736 | 694 | 435 | 632 | 830 | 1024 | 10 | 192 |
| No. of new cases | 81 | 317 | 3632 | 58 | 88 | 78 | 282 | 328 | 68 |
Day Nurseries—Attendances during the year.
St. John's Wood, Barrow Hill Road 6302
Portman., Exeter Street 7891
*Temporarily held at Western General Dispensary.