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 14.
St. John
1a.
St. Mary.
1b.
St. Paul.
2a.
St. Peter,
2b.
J 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
265
272
329
221
174
190
131
130
184
221
129
81
42
2369
Number of individual children attending the Centres during the year
371
414
456
338
225
308
264
205
392
348
272
202
162
3957
Number of Sessions held during the year
94
93
95
95
95
95
92
94
93
94
90
44
103
1177
Number of children in (1-5) age group attending during the year
167
209
201
177
107
171
181
99
229
167
178
127
84
2097
Number of new cases attending the Centres during the year—
(1) Expectant Mothers (Ante-natal Clinics)
—
116
78
76
—
—
—
—
75
—
—
—
674
1019
(2) Infants under 1 year
204
205
255
161
108
137
83
106
163
181
94
75
78
1850
(3) Seen by Doctor
204
205
255
161
108
137
83
106
163
181
94
75
78
1850
(4) Children 1 to 5 years
68
42
40
29
17
41
19
13
33
34
30
26
3
395
(5) Seen of Doctor
68
42
40
29
17
41
19
13
33
34
30
26
3
395
Method of —(a) Breast
193
148
185
129
88
116
60
101
115
151
76
52
50
1464
Breast and bottle
5
31
51
17
15
11
13
3
31
21
10
15
6
229
(c) Bottle
6
21
12
11
5
9
8
3
17
9
5
10
18
134
(d) Ordinary diet
68
47
47
33
17
42
21
12
33
34
33
24
7
418
Total number of attendances during the year—
(1) Expectant Mothers (Ante-natal Clinics) seen by Doctor
—
386
192
197
—
—
—
—
406
—
—
—
3752
4933
(2) Infants under 1 year
6029
3280
4017
3014
2068
3095
1754
2073
2135
3088
1591
1596
2492
36232
(3) Children 1 to 5 years
3514
1896
1821
2050
1653
2511
2178
971
3908
1665
1824
1283
1025
26299
Average number of attendances (infants under 1)
64.1
35.3
42.3
31.7
21.7
32.6
19.1
22.1
23.0
32.9
17.7
36.3
24.2
—
do. do. (children 1-5)
37.4
20.4
19.2
21.6
17.4
26.4
23.7
10.3
42.0
17.7
20.3
29.2
10.0
—
(4) Total number of attendances of Infants seen by Doctor during the
year
1508
1500
1802
1110
1034
1532
855
1012
1178
1176
621
739
641
14708
(5) Total number of attendances of children 1 to 5 years seen by
Doctor during the year
634
779
812
438
568
641
754
421
1075
563
650
528
322
8185
(6) Children weighed
6549
4919
5387
4716
3644
4845
3764
2807
4190
4687
3273
2833
1855
53469
Total number of first visits paid by Health Visitors to homes of—
Expectant Mothers
199
197
146
153
113
169
49
48
351
156
65
42
504
2192
Infants under 1 year
327
279
298
227
164
195
126
136
180
202
136
91
41
2402
Children 1 to 5 years
248
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
124
—
—
138
7
517
Total number of revisits paid by Health Visitors to homes of—
(1) Expectant Mothers
276
134
48
10
30
111
17
24
355
40
34
32
520
1631
Infants under 1 Year.
1697
1204
1234
671
1055
1356
644
1431
1412
1064
871
494
387
13520
(3) Children 1 to 5 years
2102
1526
1120
996
1251
1395
1098
1618
2364
877
1247
1610
1058
18262