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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
Barking 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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These regulations we find are constantly being ignored and I myself would like
to see the laws and regulations governing foster-mothers punctiliously obeyed and
even extended to include women who receive children not to keep for personal gain.
These latter should be obliged also to inform the Authority of the receipt of such
children so that we may be able to trace all children within the Borough and keep
a continuous record of all children passing to the care of any persons not their own
parents.
(s) Maternity and Nursing Homes.—During the year no less than 315 children
were born in your Maternity Home and 14 births have been notified from one
house in Barking which has been used as a nursing home.
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| Central. | Great-fields. | Alexandra. | Shaftesbury. | Totals. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of sessions | 102 | 102 | 102 | 102 | 408 |
| No. of attendances of children under one year :— | |||||
| (a) new cases | 222 | 148 | 172 | 429 | 971 |
| (b) old cases | 2,644 | 1,687 | 2,149 | 4,720 | 11,200 |
| No. of attendances of children 1-5 years of age :— | |||||
| 65 | 32 | 70 | 326 | 493 | |
| 1,675 | 1,222 | 1,517 | 3,574 | 7,988 | |
| Average No. of attendances per session | 45 | 30 | 38 | 87 | 50 |
| No. of sessions attended by Medical Officers | 102 | 102 | 102 | 102 | 408 |
| No. of children seen by Medical Officers other than at above sessions :— | |||||
| 235 | — | — | 497 | 732 | |
| 670 | — | — | 1,346 | 2,016 | |
| Average No. of children seen by Medical Officer per session | 19 | 16 | 19 | 24 | 19 |
The total attendances during the year were 20,652 as compared with 17,554
in 1933.