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Southwark 1930

[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.
la.
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
374
271
396
243
236
224
213
207
261
313
227
98
43
3106
Number of individual children attending the Centre during year
549
517
516
238
227
270
294
254
492
375
372
65
62
4231
Number of Sessions held during the year
94
94
94
94
94
94
94
92
90
94
88
45
96
1163
Number of new cases attending the Centres during the year—
(1) Expectant Mothers
120
—
—
—
4
13
4
52
31
16
16
1
886
1142
(2) Infants under 1 year
357
363
372
189
174
226
208
164
296
263
271
58
61
3002
(3) Seen by Doctor
224
219
270
122
121
121
144
107
241
189
154
58
61
2031
(4) Children 1 to 5 years
192
154
144
49
53
44
86
90
196
112
101
7
1
1229
(5) Seen by Doctor
60
42
79
9
15
21
35
21
136
28
19
7
1
473
Method of Feeding—(a) Breast
294
291
274
137
132
157
197
133
223
214
235
47
56
2390
(b) B Breast and bottle
17
20
42
21
10
23
5
8
90
19
21
7
4
287
(c) Bottle
37
53
58
31
35
47
8
26
37
24
23
4
1
384
(d) Ordinary diet
201
153
142
49
50
43
84
87
142
118
93
7
1
1170
Total number of attendances at the Centres during the year—
(1) Mothers
6618
5886
6293
3789
3795
4775
5307
3717
5304
5358
4141
1874
—
56857
(2) Expectant Mothers
298
-
-
1
39
48
8
169
92
90
139
—
3197
4081
(3) Infants under 1 year
3939
3682
4237
2401
2350
2707
2869
1883
2222
3380
2376
958
1268
84272
(4) Children 1 to 5 years
2384
2029
1795
1009
1370
1230
2282
1674
1601
1517
1543
1097
886
20417
(1) Average number of attendances
70.4
62.6
66.9
40.3
40.4
50.8
56.5
40.4
59.0
57.0
47.1
41.6
—
49.0
(2) do. do.
3.2
-
-
-
0.4
0.5
-
1.8
1.0
1.0
1.6
-
33.3
3.5
(3) do. do.
41.9
39.2
45.1
25.5
25.0
28.8
30.5
20.5
24.7
36.0
27.0
21.3
13.2
29.5
(4) do. do.
25.4
21.6
191
10.7
14.6
13.1
24.3
18.2
17.8
16.1
17.5
24.4
9.2
17.6
(5) Total number of attendances of Infants seen by Doctor during
the year
1395
1469
1608
1089
1238
1348
1159
1312
1125
1573
1115
499
1217
16147
(6) Total number of attendances of children 1 to 5 years seen by
Doctor during the year
652
803
760
505
705
628
626
882
955
767
706
456
826
9271
(7) Total number of Expectant Mothers seen by Doctor
120
-
-
-
2
29
4
101
31
32
2
—
885
1206
(8) Children weighed
5262
5487
5978
3366
3527
3615
5151
3268
3576
4799
3661
1989
2154
51833
(9) Post-natal cases
2047
—
2
1
—
126
—
411
1321
179
98
268
459
4912
Total number of first visits paid by Health Visitors to homes of—
(1) Expectant Mothers
143
199
210
122
59
36
36
120
280
167
75
29
928
2404
(2) Infants under 1 year
410
264
373
261
284
259
228
234
305
355
206
98
112
3389
(3) Children 1 to 5 years
46
—
-
-
-
-
—
—
31
—
—
10
—
87
Total number of revisits paid by Health Yisitors to homes of—
(1) Expectant Mothers
232
52
15
19
3
4
7
—
471
3
10
78
624
1518
(2) Infants under 1 year
1904
1249
1339
960
1015
1707
1230
1838
1540
1487
853
1116
551
16789
(3) Children 1 to 5 years
3288
1762
1000
1348
1716
1405
1393
1855
2368
1618
1388
2891
1190
23222
Serving Classes were held during the year at No. 5 Centre with a total attendance of 99.
Do do do under the direction of Mrs. Holland with a total attendance of 579.