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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 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE 7.
Work of the Infant Consultations and Other Clinics.
| Centre. | Health Centre No. 1. | Health Centre No. 2. | Queen Charlotte's Hospital. | The Middlesex Hospital. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Consultations held:— | ||||
| Infants | 140 | 204 | 105 | 158 |
| Toddlers | — | — | — | 43 |
| Maternity | 33 | 51 | 347 | 167 |
| Massage | 26 | 71 | — | — |
| Light | 28 | 54 | — | — |
| No. of attendances of mothers at clinic:— | ||||
| Ante-natal | 108 | 439 | 9,841 (527) | 2,983 (216) |
| Post-natal | 3 | 16 | 855 (70) | 106 (1) |
| No. of attendances of babies | 1,514 | 1,739 | 1,142 (702) | 1,581 (685) |
| No. of attendances of children over one year | 1,302 | 1,852 | 517 (327) | 1,838 (598) |
| No. of attendances at Light Clinic: | ||||
| Infants | 62 | 6 | — | — |
| Toddlers | 420 | 332 | — | — |
| No. of attendances at Massage Clinic:— | ||||
| Infants | 12 | — | — | — |
| Toddlers | 118 | 563 | — | — |
| No. of Orders issued for milk | 349 | 598 | 162 | 85 |
| No. of Home Visits | 976 | 1,923 | 104 | 2,343 |
| No. of new cases:— | ||||
| Infants | 83 | 123 | 72 (34) | 115 (35) |
| Toddlers | 55 | 40 | 4 (4) | 21 (8) |
| Ante-natal | 40 | 101 | 1,688 (102) | 363 (32) |
| Post-natal | 1 | 14 | 626 (43) | 32 (-) |
| Massage Infants | 3 | — | — | — |
| Toddlers | 39 | 18 | — | — |
| Light Infants | 14 | 2 | — | — |
| Toddlers | 54 | 12 | — | — |
Note.—Figures in brackets refer to St. Marylebone residents attending Queen Charlotte's
Hospital and Middlesex Hospital.
Health Visitors and Home Visits.
There are five whole-time and four part-time health visitors employed by the
Council, whose duties include the carrying out of periodic visits to the homes of
children from birth to 5 years of age. Children of from 18 months to 2 years are
visited every 3 months and those from 2 to 5 years every 6 months. At these visits
the health visitors make enquiries into the health of the children and persuade
the mothers to attend the clinic, or otherwise obtain treatment of any illness or
defect that may be present. Many of the children of from 3 to 5 years attend school
but routine visits are still made to the homes of these children.
*
The number of visits paid during the year by all health visitors was as follows:
(a) to expectant mothers, first visits, 249, total visits, 426; (b) to children under 1
year of age, first visits, 228, total visits, 1,854; (c) to children between the ages of
1 and 5 years, total visits, 3,575.