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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 1944
[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 | 538 | 1,823 | Puerperal fever | 1 | 1 |
| Infants | 657 | 4,620 | Puerperal pyrexia | 2 | 8 |
| Children aged 1-5 | 362 | 6,776 | Child life protection | — | 54 |
| Interviews | — | 2,365 | Still birth visits | 7 | 13 |
| Futile visits | — | 2,635 | Premature infants | 8 | 99 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum, etc. | 14 | 42 | Illegitimate children | 11 | 13 |
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 | 358 | 1,285 | 2,508 | 678 | 1,248 | 1,861 | 1,629 | 7,246 | 586 |
| Herbert Grove 1 | 168 | 679 | 1,330 | 398 | 695 | 478 | 132 | 2,635 | 187 |
| Total | 526 | 1,964 | 3,838 | 1,076 | 1,943 | 2,339 | 1,761 | 9,881 | 773 |
MISCELLANEOUS ATTENDANCES (INCLUDED ABOVE EXCEPT NURSERIES)
| (1) | (2) First | (3) Total | (1) | (2) First | (3) Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toddlers' clinic | 231 | 482 | Housewifery classes | - | - |
| Post-natal clinic | 32 | 34 | Sun Babies War Nursery | 67 | 11,340 |
| Mothers without children | _ | 472 | Brunswick | 90 | 10,600 |
| Artificial sunlight—mothers | - | — | Vince St. ,, ,, † | 52 | 6,049 |
| ,, ,, children | 48 | 773 |
DINING CENTRE, 210, KINGSLAND ROAD
| (1) | (2) | (1) | (2) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ordinary dinners served to mothers | 2,020 | Mothers on register at end of period | 6 |
| ,, ,, ,, lying-in mothers | _ | Toddlers on register at end of period | 14 |
| Dinners served to toddlers | 2,858 | ||
| MISCELLANEOUS | |||
| Mayfield: admissions ‡ | 90 | Visits under otorrhosa scheme | 227 |
| ,, discharges and transfers | 90 | Minimum free milk allowances (M.C.W.) | 13 |
| Admissions to other convalescent homes | 11 | Maximum free milk allowances | 42 |
| Home help cases | 9 | Free milk recipients (C.M.S.)— | |
| Midwifery: borough midwives' cases | 115 | end of 1st Quarter | 414 |
| ,, ante-natal visits | 743 | end of 2nd Quarter | 480 |
| Maternity dressings | 126 | end of 3rd Quarter | 38 |
| Copthorne: admissions § | 36 | end of 4th Quarter | 124 |
| ,, discharges and transfers | 23 | ||
| ,, no. resident at end of year | 29 | ||
* Closed: held at Model Welfare Centre from 22.7.44.
† Closed: 6.8.44.
† Closed: 2.9.44.
§ Evacuated to Starkie House, Adlington, Cheshire, from 31.7.44 to 15.9.44.