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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
Shoreditch 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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HEALTH VISITING
| (1) | (2) 1st Visits | (3) Total | (1) | (2) 1st Visits | (3) Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expectant mothers | 594 | 1,651 | Ophthalmia neonatorum, etc. | 20 | 70 | |||||||
| Infants | 720 | 4,001 | ||||||||||
| Children aged l-5 | 385 | 7,615 | Puerperal fever | 3 | 4 | |||||||
| Interviews | — | 1,478 | Puerperal pyrexia | 7 | ||||||||
| Futile visits | — | 1,917 | Child life protection | — | 34 | |||||||
| Still birth visits | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||
| CLINIC ATTENDANCES | ||||||||||||
| (1) Centre | (2) No. of Sessions | Children | (10) H. V.'s Attendances | |||||||||
| 0—1 | 1—5 | |||||||||||
| (4) Total | (5) Seen by Dr. | |||||||||||
| Model Welfare Centre | 308 | 1.430 | 3,321 | 804 | 1,558 | 1,491 | 4,568 | 10,938 | 771 | |||
| Herbert Grove | 208 | 1,064 | 2,450 | 961 | 927 | 468 | 5,434 | 424 | ||||
| Total | 516 | 2,494 j | 5,771 | 1,765 | 3,147 | 2,418 | 5,036 | 16,372 | 1,195 | ||||
| MISCELLANEOUS ATTENDANCES (INCLUDED ABOVE EXCEPT NURSERIES) | ||||||||||||
| (1) | ||||||||||||
| Toddlers' Clinic | 235 | 524 | Housewifery Classes | — | 1,303 | |||||||
| Post-natal Clinic | 71 | 71 | Sun Babies War Nurseryt | 113 | 9,598 | |||||||
| Mothers without children | — | 1,482 | Brunswick ,, ,, ‡ | 98 | 5,755 | |||||||
| Artificial sunlight—Mothers | 4 | 76 | ||||||||||
| ,, ,, Children | 123 | 1,580 | ||||||||||
| DINING CENTRE, 210, KINGSLAND ROAD | ||||||||||||
| (1) | ||||||||||||
| Ordinary dinners served to mothers | 749 | Mothers on register at end of period | 7 | |||||||||
| ,, ,, ,, ,, lying-in mothers | 25 | Toddlers on register at end of period | 14 | |||||||||
| Dinners served to toddlers | 1,545 | |||||||||||
| MISCELLANEOUS | ||||||||||||
| Mayfield : Admissions | 193 | Minimum free milk allowances (M.C.W.) | ||||||||||
| ,, Discharges and transfers | 192 | Maximum free milk allowances Free milk recipients (C.M.S.)— | ||||||||||
| Admissions to other convalescent homes | 26 | |||||||||||
| Visits under otorrhœa scheme | 240 | End of 1st Quarter | 730 | |||||||||
| Home help cases | 60 | End of 2nd Quarter | 779 | |||||||||
| Midwifery cases : Council | 108 | End of 3rd Quarter | 810 | |||||||||
| ,, „ St. Bart's | — | End of 4th Quarter | 968 | |||||||||
| ,, ,, Ante-natal visits | 336 | Reduced cost milk recipients (C.M.S.)— End of 1st Quarter | 1,284 | |||||||||
| Maternity dressings | 133 | |||||||||||
| Copthorne* : Admissions | 12 | End pf 2nd Quarter | 1,386 | |||||||||
| ,, Discharges and transfers | End of 3rd Quarter | 1,464 | ||||||||||
| ,, No. resident at end of year | 10 | End of 4th Quarter | 1,708 | |||||||||
†Opened 18.3.42. ‡ Opened 1.6.42. * Opened 30.11.42.