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Shoreditch 1922

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH. MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE. Summary of Work for the Year 1922.BYDr. Maitland Radford.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH. MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE. Summary of Work for the Year 1922.

BY

Dr. Maitland Radford.

Districts.
1.2.3.4.5.6.Totals.
1st visits to infants3984325644656384092,906
Re-visits to infants8491,0576257029311,8596,023
No. visits to children (1-5 years)9559987171,1304142,8017,014
No. 1st visits to expectant mothers968013490114163677
No. re-visits to expectant mothers3098127105101186647
No. 1st visits to infants with diarrhœa2...28.........30
No. 1st visits to cases of ophthalmia neonatorum, or eye discharge92918...30...86
No. of re-visits to cases of ophthalmia neonatorum233834...60...155
No. 1st visits to cases of puerperal fever3...2...3...8
No. of futile visits207237863412145071,590
Special visits, dairies, etc.1565129...6...296
Health Visitors' attendances—
(a) Haggerston Baths...651...35...92
(b) Hoxton Hall49244344...142
(c) Maternity Centre140167109133125674
(d) Harbour Lights...4142...44...127
(e) School for Mothers224
1st attendances of infants and children
at Weighing Centre—
(a) Haggerston Baths......123...120...243
(b) Hoxton Hall81......90200...371
(c) Maternity Centre68218477103117...1,163
(d) Harbour Lights......235...190...425
(e) School for Mothers...............411411
Total attendances at Centres—
(a) Haggerston Baths......1,031...646...1,677
(b) Hoxton Hall707......1,418826...2,951
(c) Maternity Centre8401,3748921,065270...4,351
(d) Harbour Lights...113,412...826...4,249
(e) School for Mothers...............4,0634,063