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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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MATERNITY MP CHILD WELFARE.
I am indebted to br.G.O.Mitchell, Divisional Medical Officer,
London County Council, for the following information relating to the
personal health services administered in the Borough by the County
Council
1. Statistics
| Infant Welfare Centres. | |
| Total number of children who first attended during the year and who, on the date of their first attendance, were under 1 year of age | 1,428 |
| Total number of children who attended - | |
| Children born in 1960 | 1,313 |
| " " " 1959 | 881 |
| " " " 1958 | 749 |
| Total attendances by children- | |
| Under I year of age | 17,621 |
| 1 to 5 years of age | 5,089 |
| Ante-Natal and Post-Natal Clinics (exclusive of Hosoital Ante-Natal Clinics) | |
| Ante-Natal Consultations- | |
| Number of women who attended | 137 |
| Number of New Cases (included in above) | 111 |
| Total attendances | 751 |
| Post-Natal Consultations- | |
| Number of wonen who attended | 26 |