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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
Harrow 1918
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow-on-the-Hill]
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HARROW MATERNITY & INFANT WELFARE CENTRE. Summary of attendances, January—December, 1918.
| QUARTERS. | TOTALS. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st March. | 2nd June. | 3rd Sept. | 4th Dec. | YEAR | ||
| Consultations A | 204 | 223 | 180. | 156 | 763 | |
| New cases (under 1) | 30 | 36 | 30 | 18 | 114 | |
| Consultations B. | 209 | 198 | 179 | 172 | 758 | |
| New cases (over 1 year). | 86 | 24 | 17 | 16 | 93 | |
| Weighing only | 83 | 130 | 112 | 193 | 518 | |
| Home Visits | 303 | 298 | 531 | 604 | 1736 | |
| Feeding Breast | New cases | 14 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 60 |
| ,, Bottle | 16 | 1G | 8 | 52 | ||
| Mixed | 9 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 26 | |
| Ante-Natal cases | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |
| ,, ,, consultations | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | |
| ,, ,, visits | 10 | 11 | 42 | 71 | 131 | |
| Number of new cases during quarter | 67 | 62 | 49 | 37 | 216 | |
| Attendance of old cases | 368 | 429 | 382 | 469 | 1648 | |
| ,, ,, new cases | 129 | 122 | 93 | 57 | 401 | |
| Total of attendances | 497 | 551 | 475 | 526 | 2049 | |
| Number of sessions | 11 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 42 | |
| Individual attendance | 186 | 198 | 190 | 175 | 749 | |
| Babies under care of Clinic | 185 | 196 | 188 | 171 | ||
| Cases attended but once | 38 | 39 | 48 | 46 | ||
| Average attendance | 45.2 | 50.1 | 59.3 | 43.8 | 49.2 | |