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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
Hackney 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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The following are details of the number of sessions held and the
attendances at these Centres:-
No. of.
Sessions Attendances
Ante-Natal and Post-Natal Clinics 208 3,547
Infant Welfare 967 36,086
Special Toddlers 199 1,574
Educational Classes 318 3,896
Physiotherapy 74 2,101
Breast Feeding 50 103
Chiropody 1,223 8,851
Family Planning 49 721
All the welfare centres in the borough serve as distribution points
for national welfare foods, that is, National Dried Milk, Orange Juice,
Cod Liver Oil and Vitamins A and D. In addition, by arrangement with
the Women s Voluntary Services, these foods are also distributed at the
Kingsmead Branch Library Marsh Hill, E. 9.
| Approved Accommodation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-2 years | 2-5 years | Total | |
| Clifton Lodge 96 Dalston Lane E. 8. | 16 | 34 | 50 |
| Fernbank la, Fountayne Road N. 16. | 15 | 35 | 50 |
| Pernhurst 37, Upper Clapton Road E. 5. | 20 | 30 | 50 |
| Hillside 135a Holmleigh Road N. 16. | 11 | 59 | 70 |
| St John's Hackney Churchyard E. 8. | 25 | 26 | 51 |
| Wetherell Wetherell Road, E. 9. (Pernhurst was closed in April 1957) | 12 | 48 | 60 |
The Family Planning Association holds a weekly clinic at 28, Lower
Clapton Road E. 5. and twenty-two persons were referred to this clinic
on health grounds.
SECTION 25 (Home Nursing). The home nursing service in this area
is provided by the Hackney District Nursing Association, on an agency
basis for the County Council This Association is affiliated to the
Queen s Institute of District Nursing.
Total number of patients nursed 3,702
Total number of visits paid 112,186
Average number of nursing staff 29
The number of patients visited was 1,160 more than the previous
year, but the total number of visits was less.
SECTION 26 (Vaccination and Immunisation)
(a) Immunisation against Diphtheria and Whooping Cough
Immunised Boosted
Number of children protected against whooping cough 14 105
Number of children protected against diphtheria 503 3,544
Number of children protected with a combined whooping
cough and diphtheria prophylactic 1,713 631