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 1939
[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. | Whitechapel. | Total. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon. | Wed. | Thurs. | Tues. | Thurs. | Tues. | Fri. | Tues. | Thurs. | Wed. | Fri. | Wed. | ||
| No. of Infant Welfare Sessions (total) | 48 | 35 | — | 51 | 35 | 33 | 49 | 36 | 51 | 52 | 33 | 52 | 475 |
| „ Attendances of Infants | 1,312 | 958 | — | 1,676 | 1,144 | 770 | 915 | 590 | 1,376 | 1,119 | 132 | 943 | 10,935 |
| „ „ Children 1 to 5 | 767 | 566 | — | 1,009 | 954 | 832 | 796 | 337 | 1,153 | 981 | 78 | 494 | 7.967 |
| „ Infants on Registers at end of the year | 144 | — | 168 | 168 | 124 | 62 | 62 | 728 | |||||
| Children on Registers at end of the year | 367 | 201 | 321 | 299 | 83 | 126 | 1,397 | ||||||
| Ante-Natal Sessions | — | — | 62 | — | - | — | — | 51 | — | — | — | — | 103 |
| „ „ New Cases | — | — | 98 | — | — | — | — | 63 | — | — | — | — | 161 |
| „ „ Subsequent Attendances | — | — | 257 | — | — | — | — | 283 | — | __ | _ | _ | 540 |
| „ Doctors' Consultations | 48 | 35 | 52 | 51 | 35 | 33 | 48 | 50 | 51 | 52 | — | 52 | 507 |
| 2nd Friday in each month | |||||||||||||
| No. of sessions held | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | 24 | ||||
| No. of first attendances | 36 | — | — | — | — | 45 | — | — | - | 81 | |||
| Total Attendances | 97 | — | — | — | — | 115 | — | — | - | 212 | |||
| No. of toddlers found with defects | 41 | — | — | — | — | 57 | — | — | - | 98 | |||
| Total No. of defects found | 67 | — | — | — | — | 86 | - | — | — | 153 | |||