London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Stepney 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Municipal
Infant
Welfare and
Ante-Natal
Centres.
Details of the work at the Municipal Infant Welfare and Ante-Natal
Centres will be seen in the following table.
MUNICIPAL INFANT WELFARE AND ANTE-NATAL CENTRES.
| Limehouse. | Mile End. | St. George's. | Spitalfields. | Wapping. | White-chapel. | Total. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mile End Road | Burdett Road | ||||||||||||
| Mon. | Wed. | Thurs. | Thurs. | Wed. | Tues. | Fri. | Tues. | Thurs. | Tues. | Fri. | Wed. | ||
| No. of Infant Welfare Sessions (total) | 49 | 63 | - | 53 | 53 | 51 | 47 | 51 | 53 | 52 | 48 | 52 | 562 |
| „ Attendances of Infants | 1,317 | 1,394 | — | 1,457 | 1,791 | 1,550 | 972 | 644 | 1,476 | 1,185 | 148 | 903 | 12,837 |
| „ „ Children 1 to 5 | 849 | 976 | - | 1,171 | 863 | 1,198 | 780 | 527 | 1,523 | 990 | 157 | 1,029 | 10,063 |
| „ Infants on Registers at end of the year | 194 | — | 68 | 101 | 152 | 131 | 123 | 85 | 854 | ||||
| „ Children on Registers at end of the year | 344 | — | 101 | 953 | 209 | 300 | 154 | 87 | 1,248 | ||||
| „ Ante-Natal Sessions | — | — | 52 | — | — | — | — | 51 | — | — | — | - | 103 |
| „ „ New Cases | — | — | 112 | — | — | — | — | 94 | — | — | — | — | 206 |
| „ „ Subsequent Attendances | - | - | 304 | - | — | — | — | 281 | — | — | — | — | 585 |
| „ Doctors' Consultations | 49 | 83 | 52 | 53 | 53 | 51 | 47 | 51 | 53 | 51 | — | 52 | 565 |