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Southwark 1924

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]

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MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE CENTRES.
Showing the Attendances at the several Centres and Visits paid by Health Visitors.
table 19.
CENTRES.
Total.
1a.
1b.
2a.
2b.
3a.
3b.
4a.
4b.
5.
6a.
6b.
6c.
7.
Number of Births notified during the year
503
484
423
332
372
368
335
294
348
464
269
140
55
4387
Number of individual children attending the Centre during year
343
544
449
378
276
291
407
403
477
459
351
87
55
4520
Number of Sessions held during the year
96
98
98
98
96
49
94
94
93
96
94
46
96
1148
Number of new cases attending the Centres during the year —
(1) Expectant Mothers
153
22
81
33
27
2
—
21
63
15
38
2
898
1355
(2) Infants under 1 year
286
427
297
246
235
234
271
231
267
324
247
77
55
3197
(3) Seen by Doctor
241
338
228
205
163
121
121
209
201
228
220
72
55
2402
(4) Children 1 to 5 years
57
117
152
132
41
57
136
172
210
135
104
10
—
1323
(5) Seen by Doctor
48
56
75
79
12
24
46
133
171
88
60
10
—
802
Method of Feeding
(a) Breast
239
346
225
187
178
174
210
193
196
254
214
58
54
2528
(b) Breast and bottle
20
20
27
25
15
28
32
15
25
28
31
9
—
275
(c) Bottle
24
66
66
36
41
44
25
24
31
53
20
10
1
441
(d) Ordinary diet
60
112
131
130
42
45
140
171
225
124
86
10
—
1276
Total number of attendances at the Centres during the year—
(1) Mothers
6801
6828
4903
4629
4304
3766
3569
4967
3265
4963
4350
1620
129
54094
(2) Expectant Mothers
537
95
194
192
92
22
2
53
135
86
63
2
2722
4195
(3) Infants under 1 year
4246
4628
2896
2783
3070
2637
1804
2991
1646
3122
2493
1039
1006
34361
(4) Children 1 to 5 years
1819
1935
1805
1415
1164
1005
1152
2672
1960
1183
1539
870
559
19078
(1) Average number of attendances
70.8
69.7
50.0
47.2
44.8
76.9
38.0
52.8
35.1
51.7
46.3
35.2
—
—
(2) do. do.
5.6
1.0
2.0
2.0
1.0
0.4
—
0.6
1.5
0.9
0.7
—
28.3
—
(3) do. do.
44.2
47.2
29.6
28.4
32.0
53.8
19.2
31.8
17.7
32.5
26.5
22.6
10.5
—
(4) do, do.
19.0
19.7
18.4
14.5
12.1
20.5
12.3
28.4
21.1
12.3
16.4
18.9
5.8
—
(5) Total number of attendances of Infants seen by Doctor during
the year
1259
1347
1145
1331
955
1219
1182
1785
1086
1523
1498
447
1006
15783
(6) Total number of attendances of children 1 to 5 years seen by
Doctor during the year
318
383
599
561
359
450
571
951
897
556
635
396
559
7235
(7) Post-natal cases
1491
1182
1729
1512
943
1575
1097
1863
1829
1313
1075
305
-
15914
(8) Children weighed
4687
5798
4107
3651
3774
3216
2851
4696
2777
3998
3741
1906
1570
46772
Total number of first visits paid by Health Visitors to homes of—
(1) Expectant Mothers
160
145
81
123
111
66
23
183
228
114
53
20
887
2194
(2) Infants under 1 year
502
487
400
339
365
381
326
302
351
470
245
140
55
4363
(3) Children 1 to 5 years
32
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7
-
—
5
3
47
Total number of revisits paid by Health Visitors to homes of—
(1) Expectant Mothers
232
15
24
-
50
-
1
2
229
4
23
181
1091
1852
(2) Infants under 1 year
1942
1960
1250
1640
1201
1699
969
2078
1496
1967
1225
1297
738
19462
(3) Children 1 to 5 years
3898
2247
1667
2513
1474
1924
2433
1687
2148
2078
1895
2521
997
27482
44 Sewing Classes were held at No. 5 Centre, with a total attendance of 362.
12 do. do. under the direction of Mrs. Holland with an attendance of 94.