[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of] page 36 37

Southwark 1935

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

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Table: 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 14

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Showing the Attendances at the Several Centres and Visits paid to the homes of Mothers and Children by Health Visitors.

TABLE 14

	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	301	235	334	223	161	191	142	135	216	213	158	92	31	2432
Number of individual children attending the Centres during the year	429	442	411	312	241	285	328	291	488	376	293	169	63	4128
Number of Sessions held during the year	94	96	94	94	94	94	92	92	90	96	88	44	101	1069
Number of children coming into (1-5) age group during the year	207	198	182	122	100	122	110	85	153	146	129	56	27	1637
Number of new cases attending the Centres during the year—
(1) Expectant Mothers (Ante-natal Clinics)	-	121	181	-	-	-	-	—	78	—	—	—	730	1110
(2) Infants under 1 year	226	207	216	157	122	136	112	114	188	154	116	69	37	1854
(3) Seen by Doctor	226	207	216	157	122	136	112	114	188	154	116	69	37	1854
(4) Children 1 to 5 years	57	56	37	28	21	25	31	36	39	43	29	8	1	411
(5) Seen by Doctor..	57	56	37	28	21	25	31	36	39	43	29	8	1	411
Method of Feeding—(a) Breast..	210	149	170	118	88	124	86	93	133	123	99	55	25	1473
(6) Breast and bottle	2	23	14	11	10	10	13	8	11	13	7	4	3	129
(c) Bottle	14	29	30	24	18	10	13	17	42	19	9	6	7	238
(d) Ordinary diet	57	62	39	32	27	17	31	32	41	42	30	12	3	425
Total number of attendances during the year—
(1) Expectant Mothers (Ante-natal Clinics) i O \ X C A i •«	—	432	503	—	—	—	—	—	401	—	—	—	4136	5472
(2) Infants under 1 year	5853	3550	3676	2937	2186	2781	2074	2174	2518	3321	2134	1015	2446	36665
(3) Children 1 to 5 years	4122	2133	1904	1967	1534	1673	2456	1461	4559	1994	1720	1014	1087	27624
(1) Average number of attendances	—	9-6	10-5	—	—	—	—	—	6-5	_	—	—	41-0	—
(2) do. do.	62-2	37-0	39-1	31-2	23-2	29-6	22-6	23-6	26-0	34-6	24-1	27-6	24-2	—
(3) do. do.	44-0	22-2	20-2	20-9	16-3	17-8	26-7	16-0	50-6	20-7	19-7	27-6	10-8	—
(4) Total number of attendances of Infants seen by Doctor during the year.	1482	1662	1797	846	761	1236	1001	1104	1166	1494	888	505	647	14589
(5) Total number of attendances of children 1 to 5 years seen by Doctor during the year	729	894	779	305	401	616	782	874	1115	583	771	520	450	8819
(6) Total number of Expectant Mothers seen by Doctor (Ante-natal Clinics)		432	503	-	-	-	-	-	401	-	-	-	4136	5472
(7) Children weighed	6321	5328	5055	4551	3657	3970	4573	3301	4718	5302	3604	1914	1977	54271
(8) Post-natal cases..	233	-	-	20	4	45	-	77	2225	346	4	224	343	3521
Total number of first visits paid by Health Visitors to homes of—
Expectant Mothers	221	216	228	153	91	82	55	101	260	209	89	39	553	2297
Infants under 1 year	307	241	340	235	171	201	137	141	214	211	144	98	34	2474
Children 1 to 5 years	76								66	-	-	56	-	198
Total number of revisits paid by Health Visitors to homes of—
(1) Expectant Mothers	314	107	18	3	10	13	5	7	238	15	6	79	763	1578
(2) Infants under 1 year.	2218	1210	1356	827	1255	1155	1042	1406	1201	1370	695	888	449	15072
(3) Children 1 to 5 years	1979	1724	1281	786	1338	1355	1261	1466	2243	1403	995	2410	1149	19390
22 Sewing Classes were held during the year at Sutherland House with a total attendance of 170.

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Southwark 1935

Table: 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 14

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