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Southwark 1931

[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.
6o.
Guy's.
7.
Total.
Number of Births notified during the year
362
314
389
238
206
237
213
153
282
323
219
90
57
3083
Number of individual children attending the Centre during year
517
503
503
244
239
258
339
266
456
393
234
64
78
4094
Number of Sessions held during the year
94
96
94
94
94
94
96
92
93
96
90
46
95
1174
Number of new cases attending the Centres during the year—
(1) Expectant Mothers
194
-
11
-
15
13
1
54
45
12
5
-
881
1231
(2) Infants under 1 year
368
334
344
179
170
193
206
155
292
263
174
59
75
2812
(3) Seen by Doctor
235
230
261
116
110
140
143
97
252
156
151
58
75
2024
(4) Children 1 to 5 years
149
169
159
65
69
65
133
111
164
130
60
5
3
1282
(5) Seen by Doctor
34
38
66
13
14
8
33
19
110
29
6
3
3
376
Method of Feeding—(a) Breast
265
259
267
124
123
175
163
129
208
210
147
52
70
2192
(b) Breast and bottle
22
17
19
11
13
7
18
11
31
27
13
1
1
191
(c) Bottle
37
58
65
47
34
9
26
19
54
27
14
6
4
400
(d) Ordinary diet
193
169
152
62
69
67
132
107
163
129
60
5
3
1311
Total number of attendances at the Centres during the year—-
(1) Mothers
7120
5952
5761
4280
3771
4069
4816
4012
4562
5582
4725
1844
159
56653
(2) Expectant Mothers
554
12
20
1
30
42
3
138
114
75
100
5
3382
4476
(3) Infants under 1 year
4309
3785
3899
2363
2158
2491
2250
2135
2265
3329
2840
1025
1773
34622
(4) Children 1 to 5 years
2287
2118
1822
1512
1555
1433
2622
1981
2440
1822
1809
988
892
23281
(1) Average number of attendances
75.7
62.0
61.3
45.5
40.1
43.3
50.2
43.6
49.1
58.1
52.5
40.1
1.7
—
(2) clo. do.
5.9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
35.6
—
(3) do. do.
45.8
39.4
41.5
25.1
23.0
26.5
23.4
23.2
24.4
34.7
31.6
22.3
18.7
—
(4) do. do.
24.3
22.1
19.4
16.1
16.5
15.2
27.3
21.5
26.2
19.0
20.1
21.5
9.4
—
(5) Total number of attendances of Infants seen by Doctor during the
year
1458
1590
1713
975
1158
1190
1015
1272
1123
1326
1254
538
1231
15843
(6) Total number of attendances of children 1 to 5 years seen by
Doctor during the year
545
910
880
637
722
716
835
1033
972
763
657
497
664
9831
(7) Total number of Expectant Mothers seen by Doctor
194
11
-
7
20
1
80
45
14
5
-
881
1258
(8) Children weighed
5527
5653
5649
3841
3580
3768
4747
3621
3872
4997
4372
2011
2665
54303
(9) Post-natal cases
1976
-
-
1
1
65
-
412
825
128
64
260
438
4170
Total number of first visits paid by Health Visitors to homes of—
(1) Expectant Mothers
202
167
172
81
65
45
68
87
241
151
70
26
784
2159
(2) Infants under 1 year
392
329
432
282
252
277
229
191
287
370
205
64
61
3371
(3) Children 1 to 5 years
94
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
12
—
—
76
9
191
Total number of revisits paid by Health Visitors to homes of—
(1) Expectant Mothers
224
35
13
6
7
2
-
-
266
-
4
55
1037
1649
(2) Infants under 1 year
1829
1377
1150
699
1040
1473
803
1829
1528
1706
923
903
503
15763
(3) Children 1 to 5 years
2603
1690
1281
1463
1551
1147
1930
1819
2877
1740
1594
3017
1378
24090
Sewing Classes were held during the year at Sutherland House with a total attendance of 346.