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Shoreditch 1924

[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 1924.BYDr. Maitland Radford.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH. MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE. Summary of Work for the Year 1924.

BY

Dr. Maitland Radford.

Health Visitors' Districts.
1.2.3.4.5.6.Totals.
No. of 1st visits to infants3893924403974765252,619
No. of re-visits to infants4971,0076526067781,7675,307
No. of visits to children (1-5 years)9631,1751,049 1,3298232,2317,570
No. of 1st visits to expectant mothers767910179139215719
No. of re-visits to expectant mothers25132529584191579
No. of 1st visits to infants with diarrhœa......9.........9
No. of 1st visits to cases of ophthalmia neonatorum1210201912...73
No. of re-visits to cases of ophthalmia neonatorum1024192026...99
No. of 1st visits to cases of puerperal fever123.........6
No. of futile visits210228551951593861,233
Special visits, dairies, etc72...35...81...188
Health Visitors' attendances—
(a) Haggerston Baths Centre......3.........3
(b) Town Hall Centre43...44020...107
(c) Hoxton Hall Centre33...2348......104
(d) Maternity Centre94195127125133...674
(e) Harbour Lights Centre...4746...49...142
(f) School for Mothers Centre............1294295
1st attendances of infants and children
at Weighing Centres—
(a) Haggerston Baths Centre......11.........11
(b) Town Hall Centre92...............92
(c) Hoxton Hall Centre.........97......97
(d) Maternity Centre5826519969196...787
(e) Harbour Lights Centre......266...26...292
(f) School for Mothers Centre...............500500
Total attendances at Centres—
(a) Haggerston Baths Centre......188.........188
(b) Town Hall Centre1,854...............1,854
(c) Hoxton Hall Centre.........3,235......3 235
(d) Maternity Centre9113,949 2,2241,3933,00811,585
(e) Harbour Lights Centre......3,732...129...3 861
(f) School for Mothers Centre...............5,0405,040
Dr. Richards (Maternity Centre).
No. of infants seen for 1st time...143189.........332
No. of children (1-5 yrs.) seen for 1st time...71107.........178
Total attendances of infants and children...918593.........1,511
Dr. Smith (Maternity Centre). No. of infants seen for 1st time66......55......121
No. of children (1-5 yrs.) seen for 1st time17......4......21
Total attendances of infants and children688......1,034......1,722
No. of expectant mothers seen for 1st time2675611979...260
attendances of expectant mothers751291033990...436