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Southwark 1929

[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 44
St. John,
1A.
St. Mary.
1B.
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.
Number of Births notified during the year
404
353
345
283
240
281
247
199
248
318
212
98
47
3275
Number of individual children attending the Centre during year
640
519
414
259
230
279
353
233
467
293
263
69
70
4089
Number of Sessions held during the year
94
94
94
94
94
94
94
92
90
92
88
48
94
1162
Number of new cases attending the Centres during the year-
(1) Expectant Mothers
164
16
67
129
5
23
49
71
26
34
-
896
1480
(2) Infants under 1 year
385
404
295
210
177
200
217
155
294
211
206
65
70
2889
(3) Seen bv Doctor
241
261
223
153
130
123
150
112
231
160
149
65
70
2068
(4) Children 1 to 5 years
255
115
119
49
53
79
136
78
173
82
57
4
-
1200
(5) Seen by Doctor
26
23
17
13
8
24-
37
26
97
21
22
4
-
318
Method of Feeding-(a) Breast
297
321
236
166
136
190
203
131
256
179
185
53
64
2417
(b) Breast and bottle
19
16
20
9
14
12
13
11
10
11
8
5
6
154
(c) Bottle
33
68
42
33
35
2
13
11
26
31
9
6
-
309
(d) Ordinary diet
291
114
116
51
45
75
124
80
175
72
61
5
-
1209
Total number of attendances at the Centres during the year-
(1) Mothers
6389
6163
4693
3091
3630
3723
4693
3133
5226
4379
4047
2070
-
51237
(2) Expectant Mothers
346
78
202
306
48
43
3
136
268
93
162
-
3080
4765
(3) Infants under 1 year
3522
4062
2989
2066
2227
2523
2413
1812
1911
2792
2383
1156
1467
31323
(4) Children 1 to 5 years
2432
1835
2202
765
1274
1230
2142
1331
1470
1131
1431
1118
675
19036
(1) Average number of attendances
68.0
65.6
49.9
32.9
38.6
39.6
49.9
34.1
581
47.6
46.0
43.1
-
-
(2) do. do.
3.7
0.8
2.1
3.2
0.5
0.5
-
1.5
3.0
1.0
1.8
-
32.8
-
(3) do. do.
37.5
43.2
31.8
22.0
22.7
26.8
25.7
19.7
21.2
30.3
27.1
24.1
15.6
-
(4) do do.
25.9
19.5
23.4
8.1
13.6
13.1
22.8
14.5
16.3
12.3
16.3
23.3
7.2
-
(5) Total number of attendances of Infants seen by Doctor during
the year
1037
1561
1250
876
1188
1218
995
1241
1060
1352
1109
630
1467
14984
(6) Total number of attendances of children 1 to 5 years seen by
Doctor during the year
482
658
562
387
671
552
566
773
810
585
622
476
675
7819
(7) Total number of Expectant Mothers seen by Doctor
164
16
127
251
5
33
2
58
71
46
34
-
896
1703
(8) Children weighed
4806
5599
4188
2814
3316
3283
1414
2811
3120
3822
3635
2245
2142
46195
(9) Post-natal cases .
1519
37
136
9
4
169
567
233
1748
185
190
289
484
5570
Total number of first visits paid by Health Visitors to homes of—
(1) Expectant Mothers
167
165
161
119
64
54
41
81
238
178
82
29
870
2249
(2) Infants under 1 year
417
362
361
301
272
300
282
253
281
370
220
99
71
3589
(3) Children 1 to 5 years
44
-
-
-
-
3
-
-
17
64
Total number of revisits paid by Health Visitors to homes of-
(1) Expectant Mothers
312
88
51
13
10
-
4
-
285
21
9
56
641
1490
(2) Infants under 1 year
1565
1660
1188
985
1004
1717
1300
1790
1361
1739
1087
1032
698
17126
(3) Children 1 to 5 years .
3883
2289
1405
1483
1907
1425
1689
1721
2316
1961
2135
2521
1487
26222
Sewing Classes were held during the year at No. 5 Centre, with a total attendance of 41.
do. do. do. under the direction of Mrs. Holland with a total attendance of 579.
do. do. do. at No. la Centre, with a total attendance of 352.