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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 1937
[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. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cottage Grove | Burdett Road | ||||||||||||
| Mon. | Wed. | Thurs. | Thurs. | Wed. | Tues. | Fri. | Tues. | Thurs. | Tues. | Fri. | Wed. | ||
| No. of Infant Welfare Sessions (total) | 48 | 51 | - | 52 | 51 | 49 | 49 | 52 | 52 | 53 | 42 | 51 | 550 |
| .. Attendances of Infants | 1,295 | 1,263 | — | 1,770 | 1,483 | 1,511 | 1,010 | 681 | 1,478 | 1,478 | 201 | 674 | 12,844 |
| „ „ Children 1 to 5 | 755 | 1,028 | - | 1,198 | 680 | 1,174 | 803 | 684 | 1,847 | 1,178 | 118 | 863 | 10,028 |
| „ Infants on Registers at end of the year | 135 | — | 112 | 103 | 214 | 137 | 77 | 119 | 897 | ||||
| „ Children on Registers at end of the year | 349 | — | 217 | 142 | 228 | 323 | 184 | 153 | 1,596 | ||||
| „ Ante-Natal Sessions | — | — | 51 | — | — | — | — | 52 | — | — | — | — | 103 |
| „ „ New Cases | — | — | 113 | — | — | — | — | 70 | — | — | — | — | 183 |
| „ „ Subsequent Attendances | - | - | 246 | - | - | - | - | 258 | - | - | - | - | 504 |
| „ Doctors' Consultations | 48 | 51 | 51 | 52 | 51 | 49 | 49 | 52 | 62 | 53 | — | 51 | 659 |
| No. of sessions held | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 7 | ||
| No. of first attendances | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | - | - | - | 53 | ||
| Total Attendances | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | - | - | - | 53 | ||
| No. of toddlers found with defects | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | 46 | ||
| Total No. of defects found | 60 | — | - | — | — | — | 36 | — | — | - | 96 | ||