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

  • Southwark (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1946]
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    MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE CENTRES VILLA STREET MANOR PLACE LORRIMORE HALL LARCOM STREET POCOCK STREET CROSSWAY LAMBETH ROAD GUY'S [###/]TOTAL Showing the Attendance at the Several Centres and visits paid to the homes of Mothers and Children by Health Visitors. TABLE Number of Births notified during the year 222 101 277 277 194 138 108 133 1450 Number of individual children attending the Centres during the year. 393 244 585 457 370 328 415 273 3065 Number of Sessions held during the year 99 50 106 100 98 49 94 96 692 Number of children 1-5 age group attending during the year Number of new cases attending the Centres during the year 241 172 380 273 223 205 239 188 1921 (1) Expectant Mothers (Ante Natal Clinics) 446 154 49 472 1121 (2) Post Natal Cases (Including Ante-Natal Clinics) 206 1 194 266 48 — 171 129 1015 (3) Infants under 1 year 199 96 229 231 166 170 92 102 1285 (4) Seen by Doctor 199 96 229 231 166 170 92 102 1285 (5) Children 1 to 5 years 61 23 62 66 33 46 48 33 372 (6) Seen by Doctor 61 23 62 66 33 46 48 33 372 Method of feeding (a) Breast 135 41 132 140 52 107 59 75 741 (b) Breast and bottle 20 12 34 23 9 19 6 9 132 (c) Bottle 52 25 41 57 53 27 19 16 290 (d) Ordinary diet 53 41 84 77 85 63 56 35 494 Total number of attendances during the year:- (1) Expectant Mothers (Ante Natal Clinics) seen by Doctor 1384 582 157 3092 5215 (2) Post Natal Cases (including Ante-natal Clinics) 206 1 197 272 48 _ 181 129 1034 (3) Infants under 1 year 2563 1296 3389 2799 2038 1761 1450 1299 16595 (4) Children 1 to 5 years 1048 690 1335 1065 882 702 1527 935 8184 Average number of attendances (Infants under 1) 26.0 26.0 31.9 28 .0 20.8 35.8 15.4 13.5 (Children 1-5) 10.6 13.8 12.6 10.60 9.0 14.3 16.2 9.6 (5) Infants seen by Doctor during the year 1154 403 741 1297 920 766 859 637 6777 (6) Children 1 to 5 seen by Doctor during the year 497 201 394 437 428 388 844 559 3748 (7) Number of weighings recorded (children) 3491 1901 4654 399 3 3506 2997 2789 2319 25650 Total number of first visits paid by Health Visitors to homes of (1) Expectant Mothers 293 123 312 213 241 170 152 188 1692 (2) Infants under 1 year 222 101 277 277 194 138 108 133 1450 Total number of re-visits paid by Health Visitors to homes of (1) Expectant Mothers 59 198 505 137 174 135 154 327 1689 (2) Infants under 1 year 2227 917 2406 2459 2233 961 923 600 12726 (3) Children 1 to 5 years 3369 1169 3182 2922 2336 3022 1366 2185 19551