Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 to the homes of Mothers and Children by Health Visitors.
TABLE 52.
St. John.
la.
St. Mary.
lb.
St. Paul.
2a.
St. Peter.
2b.
All Saints.
3a.
Lady Margaret.
3b.
Crossway.
4a.
St. Stephens.
4b.
St. Jude.
5.
St. Michael.
6a.
St. Saviour.
6b.
St. George.
6c.
Guy's.
7.
TOTAL.
N umber of Births notified during the year
431
427
275
272
287
299
262
222
314
368
239
130
46
3572
Number of individual Children attending the Centre during year
572
606
455
309
233
280
381
269
427
409
283
90
65
4379
Number of Sessions held during the year
94
94
94
94
94
94
94
92
90
94
88
45
94
1161
Number of new cases attending the Centres during the year:—
(1) Expectant Mothers
140
30
132
203
28
30
2
11
49
35
26
1
984
1671
(2) Infants under 1 year
262
424
337
209
189
224
244
155
277
274
223
81
65
2964
(3) Seen by Doctor
256
304
176
120
120
134
176
136
212
186
160
81
65
2126
(4) Children 1 to 5 years
310
182
118
100
44
56
137
114
150
135
60
9
—
1415
(5) Seen by Doctor
42
34
27
26
13
29
40
58
96
51
12
9
—
437
Method of Feeding—(a) Breast
222
330
270
168
170
173
211
128
209
226
199
62
62
2430
(b) Breast and bottle
12
19
23
11
5
27
13
9
32
15
5
8
2
181
(c) Bottle
28
76
43
31
12
19
18
11
30
38
20
10
1
337
(d) Ordinary diet
48
181
119
99
46
61
139
121
156
130
59
10
—
1169
Total number of attendances at the Centres during the year—
(1) Mothers
6331
6810
4654
2991
3628
3622
5505
3294
5385
4956
4299
1918
—
53393
(2) Expectant Mothers
379
103
290
448
98
73
26
122
238
123
225
1
3177
5303
(3) Infants under 1 year
3589
4652
2820
1786
2317
2330
2751
1790
2004
2937
2740
1172
886
31774
(4) Children 1 to 5 years
2358
2032
1480
942
1232
1226
2273
1655
1675
1572
1378
1018
697
19538
(1) Average number of attendances
67.4
72.4
49.5
31.8
38.6
38.5
58.6
35.8
59.8
52.7
48.9
42.6
—
—
(2)„ „ „
4.0
1.1
3.1
4.8
1.0
0.8
0.3
1.3
2.6
1.3
2.6
—
33.8
—
(3) „ „ „
38.2
49.5
30.0
19.0
24.6
24.8
29.3
19.5
22.3
31.2
31.1
26.0
9.4
—
(4) „ „ „
25.1
21.6
15.7
10.0
13.1
13.0
24.2
18.0
18.6
16.7
15.7
22.6
7.4
—
(5) Total number of attendances of Infants seen by Doctor during
the year
1051
1844
1076
743
1264
1113
1067
1072
1097
1327
1209
596
886
14345
(6) Total number of attendances of children 1 to 5 years seen by
Doctor during the year
346
752
634
372
762
625
678
858
869
735
540
496
695
8362
(7) Total number of Expectant Mothers seen by Doctor
140
31
182
371
23
49
23
30
49
58
28
1
984
1969
(8) Children weighed
4783
6144
4090
2694
3322
3248
5023
2981
3247
4397
3750
2085
1581
47345
(9) Post-natal cases
1402
1547
1424
717
697
1375
837
927
1841
292
1051
315
461
12886
Total number of first visits paid by Health Visitors to homes of—
(1) Expectant Mothers
140
181
105
95
70
86
34
138
236
115
77
45
933
2255
(2) Infants under 1 year
466
391
305
262
316
335
256
256
365
360
249
118
35
3714
(3) Children 1 to 5 years
51
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
4
—
—
11
—
66
Total number of revisits paid by Health Visitors to homes of—
(1) Expectant Mothers
284
61
29
25
25
—
3
2
187
20
22
113
911
1682
(2) Infants under 1 year
1641
1454
1165
996
757
1422
902
2030
1471
1330
1067
1209
603
16047
(3) Children 1 to 5 years
3377
1874
1441
1499
1630
1471
1415
1983
2445
1690
1552
2781
1446
24604
Sewing Classes were held during the year at No. 5 Centre, with a total attendance of 87.
„ „ „ under the direction of Mrs. Holland with a total attendance of 441.
„ „ „ at No. la Centre, with a total attendance of 373.