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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 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE STATISTICAL INFORMATION
HEALTH VISITING
| (1) | (2) 1st Visits | (3) Total | (1) | (2) 1st Visits | (3) Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expectant mothers | 554 | 1,622 | Ophthalmia neonatorum, etc. | 21 | 82 |
| Infants | 695 | 4,526 | |||
| Children aged 1-5 | 356 | 7,174 | Puerperal fever | 4 | 6 |
| Interviews | — | 1,231 | Puerperal pyrexia | 7 | 8 |
| Futile visits | — | 2,316 | Child life protection | — | 35 |
| Still birth visits | 16 | 16 |
CLINIC ATTENDANCES
| (1) Centre | (2) No. of Sessions | Children | (7) Antenatal | (8) Miscellaneous | (9) Total | (10) H. V.'s Attendances | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0—1 | 1—5 | ||||||||
| (3) Seen by Dr. | (4) Total | (5) Seen by Dr. | (6) Total | ||||||
| Model Welfare Centre | 340 | 1,496 | 3,242 | 635 | 1,169 | 1,373 | 3,390 | 9,174 | 562 |
| Herbert Grove | 211 | 1,268 | 2,418 | 807 | 1,352 | 937 | 376 | 5,083 | 365 |
| Total | 551 | 2,764 | 5,660 | 1,442 | 2,521 | 2,310 | 3,766 | 14,257 | 927 |
MISCELLANEOUS ATTENDANCES (INCLUDED ABOVE EXCEPT NURSERIES)
| (1) | (2) First | (3) Total | (1) | (2) First | (3) Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toddlers' clinic | 387 | 621 | Housewifery classes | - | 1,049 |
| Post-natal clinic | 76 | 76 | Sun Babies War Nursery | 102 | 12,309 |
| Mothers without children | - | 990 | Brunswick ,, ,, | 92 | 11,935 |
| Artificial sunlight—mothers | 1 | 1 | Vince St. ,, ,, | 61 | 2,550 |
| „ ,, children | 90 | 1,043 |
DINING CENTRE, 210, KINGSLAND ROAD
| (1) | (2) | (1) | (2) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ordinary dinners served to mothers | 961 | Mothers on register at end of period | 3 |
| „ ,, ,, lying-in mothers | — | Toddlers on register at end of period | 10 |
| Dinners served to toddlers | 2,024 |
MISCELLANEOUS
| Mayfield : admissions | 170 | Minimum free milk allowances (M.C.W.) | 6 |
| ,, discharges and transfers | 170 | Maximum free milk allowances | 16 |
| Admissions to other convalescent homes | 18 | Free milk recipients (C.M.S.)— | |
| Visits under otorrhœa scheme | 159 | end of 1st Quarter | 337 |
| Home help cases | 38 | end of 2nd Quarter | 496 |
| Midwifery cases: Council | 118 | end of 3rd Quarter | 410 |
| .. ,, St. Bart's | — | end of 4th Quarter | 472 |
| .. ,, ante-natal visits | 823 | Reduced cost milk recipients (C.M.S.)— | |
| Maternity dressings | 143 | end of 1st Quarter | 1,854 |
| Copthorne : admissions | 28 | end of 2nd Quarter | ‡ |
| „ „ discharges and transfers | 22 | end of 3rd Quarter | |
| „ „ no. resident at end of year | 16 | end of 4th Quarter | |
| † Opened 11.8.43. | ‡ Figures not obtainable. | ||