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
Marylebone 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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(d) Total number of children who attended at the Centres for the first
time during the year and who, on the date of their first attendance,
were: (i) Under 1 year of age,* 515; (ii) between the ages of 1
and 5 years, 221 (including 112, 3-year-olds).
(e) Total number of children who attended at the Centres during the
year and who, at the end of the year, were: (i) Under 1 year of
age, 382; (ii) between the ages of 1 and 5 years, 993 (including
112, 3-year-olds).
(f) Percentage of notified live births represented by the number in (d)
(i), 60.
Ante-natal clinics (whether held at Infant Welfare Centres or at other
premises):—
Ante Post
Natal. Natal.
(a) Number of Clinics† provided and maintained by
the Council 1 1
(b) Number of Clinics provided and maintained by
Voluntary Associations, 3 3
(c) Total number of attendances at all Clinics during
the year 2006 245
(d) Total number of women who attended at all Clinics
during the year, 475 159
(e) Percentage of total notified births (live and still)
represented by the number in (d), 54 —
Supply of Milk and Food.
Arrangements made for this service are indicated by " Yes " or " No " in each space in the following table :—
| Terms of supply. | Milk. | Other Food. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expectant Mothers. | Nursing Mothers. | Children under 5 years of age. | Expectant Mothers. | Nursing Mothers. | Children under 5 years of age. | |
| Free, or at less than cost price, in necessitous cases | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes— (dried milk) |
| At cost price in other cases (e.g., sale of dried milk at Centres) | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
*Excluding children who are known to have previously attended a Centre in
another district.
†Including Ante-natal Clinics provided at institutions transferred to the
Council under Part I of the Local Government Act, 1929.
Day Nurseries.
(a) Number of day nurseries : (i) provided by the Council, nil; (ii)
vided by Voluntary Associations, 3.
(b) Number of places for children under 5 years of age in the nurseries :
(i) provided by the Council, nil; (ii) provided by Voluntary Associations,
93.
(c) Total number of attendances of children at these nurseries during the
year, 13,110.