London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Southwark 1924

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

This page requires JavaScript

Table: MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE CENTRES.Showing the Attendances at the several Centres and Visits paid by Health Visitors.TABLE 19.

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 year503484423332372368335294348464269140554387
Number of individual children attending the Centre during year34354444937827629140740347745935187554520
Number of Sessions held during the year969898989649949493969446961148
Number of new cases attending the Centres during the year —
(1) Expectant Mothers153228133272—2163153828981355
(2) Infants under 1 year28642729724623523427123126732424777553197
(3) Seen by Doctor24133822820516312112120920122822072552402
(4) Children 1 to 5 years57117152132415713617221013510410—1323
(5) Seen by Doctor48567579122446133171886010—802
Method of Feeding(a) Breast23934622518717817421019319625421458542528
(b) Breast and bottle20202725152832152528319—275
(c) Bottle2466663641442524315320101441
(d) Ordinary diet6011213113042451401712251248610—1276
Total number of attendances at the Centres during the year—
(1) Mothers68016828490346294304376635694967326549634350162012954094
(2) Expectant Mothers5379519419292222531358663227224195
(3) Infants under 1 year424646282896278330702637180429911646312224931039100634361
(4) Children 1 to 5 years1819193518051415116410051152267219601183153987055919078
(1) Average number of attendances70.869.750.047.244.876.938.052.835.151.746.335.2——
(2) do. do.5.61.02.02.01.00.4—0.61.50.90.7—28.3—
(3) do. do.44.247.229.628.432.053.819.231.817.732.526.522.610.5—
(4) do, do.19.019.718.414.512.120.512.328.421.112.316.418.95.8—
(5) Total number of attendances of Infants seen by Doctor during the year1259134711451331955121911821785108615231498447100615783
(6) Total number of attendances of children 1 to 5 years seen by Doctor during the year3183835995613594505719518975566353965597235
(7) Post-natal cases1491118217291512943157510971863182913131075305-15914
(8) Children weighed468757984107365137743216285146962777399837411906157046772
Total number of first visits paid by Health Visitors to homes of—
(1) Expectant Mothers16014581123111662318322811453208872194
(2) Infants under 1 year502487400339365381326302351470245140554363
(3) Children 1 to 5 years32———————7-—5347
Total number of revisits paid by Health Visitors to homes of—
(1) Expectant Mothers2321524-50-1222942318110911852
(2) Infants under 1 year1942196012501640120116999692078149619671225129773819462
(3) Children 1 to 5 years38982247166725131474192424331687214820781895252199727482