Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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The following is a summary of the work done in
connection with the Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme:-
NUMBER ATTENDING THE CENTRES.
West Hendon Centre. | Child's Hill Centre. | Central Hendon Centre. | |
---|---|---|---|
Total attendances of children | 2.414 | 2,143 | 1,383 |
Examinations by Medical Officer | 1,415 | 1,464 | 889 |
New members admitted | 172 | 200 | 71 |
under one year of age | 143 | 157 | 63 |
over one year of age | 28 | 43 | 8 |
Antenatal Cases | 66 | 38 | 36 |
Number of visits paid in connection
with the work of the Centres 2,582
Atenatal visits 165
The work of the Health Visitors in connection with the
Notification of Births was as follows:
Number of Births notified 877
First visits 645
Re-visits 896
I think that there can be no doubt that most valuable
work is being done for the health of the district under the
Council's Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme.
The number of deaths of infants under one year of age
who had attended the Centres once or oftener was 10.
Compared with the total number of new members under one
year of age this gives an Infant Mortality Rate of 27.5 per
1,000, whereas the general Infant Mortality Rate for the
district was 61 per 1,000 births. I am aware that this is not
conclusive proof of the value of the Maternity and Child
Welfare Centres but it at least suggests that they are doing
something to reduce the Infantile mortality.
More valuable evidence is the very satisfactory progress
made by most of the children who attended. Many of these
children when first brought to the Centre are not thriving