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

  • Southwark (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
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    34 35 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 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. Guv's. 7. Total. Number of Births notified during the year 292 262 328 219 186 174 176 146 198 226 193 77 32 2509 Number of individual children attending the Centres during the year 548 530 431 279 237 319 313 285 540 361 297 169 79 4388 Number of Sessions held during the year 94 92 92 92 94 94 92 92 89 90 88 45 93 1147 Number of children coming into (1.5) age group during the year 229 186 182 103 77 100 128 106 132 127 134 53 28 1585 Number of new cases attending the Centres during the year— (1) Expectant Mothers (Ante.natal Clinics) . 155 167 . . . . . 77 . . . 742 1141 (2) Infants under 1 year 222 208 198 136 102 131 120 89 167 157 134 58 31 1753 (3) Seen by Doctor 222 208 198 136 102 131 120 89 167 157 134 58 31 1753 (4) Children 1 to 5 years 36 33 49 2 22 6 25 26 41 49 24 9 5 347 (5) Seen by Doctor 36 33 49 22 22 6 25 26 41 49 24 9 5 347 Method of Feeding—(a) Breast 192 159 168 114 86 123 92 79 112 130 104 50 27 1436 (b) Breast and bottle 10 13 9 8 8 5 14 4 20 10 15 5 3 124 (c) Bottle 15 35 31 15 11 2 16 6 37 20 15 4 3 210 (d) Ordinary diet 41 34 39 21 19 7 23 26 39 46 24 8 3 330 Total number of attendances during the year— (1) Mothers 9517 5566 4850 4028 3333 3236 4905 3543 6442 4920 3479 2081 . 55900 (2) Expectant Mothers (Ante.natal Clinics) — 353 318 — — — — — 324 — — — 3277 4272 (3) Infants under 1 year 5565 3351 3044 2612 1659 2796 2047 2174 2192 3014 2186 1071 2235 33946 (4) Children 1 to 5 years 3292 1874 1829 1673 1575 1596 2787 1541 4609 1799 1389 1246 1071 26281 (1) Average number of attendances 101.2 60.5 52.7 43.8 35.5 34.4 53.3 38.5 72.4 54.2 39.5 46.2 — — (2) do. do. — 7.8 6.9 — — — — — 29.5 — — — 35.2 — (3) do. do. 59.2 36.4 33.0 28.4 17.7 29.7 23.3 23.6 24.6 33.5 24.9 23.8 24.0 — (4) do. do. 35.0 20.4 19.9 18.3 16.7 17.0 30.3 16.7 51.8 19.9 15.8 29.9 11.5 — (5) Total number of attendances of Infants seen by Doctor during the year 1423 1531 1588 1121 856 1174 329 2252 882 1117 1062 545 882 14762 (6) Total number of attendances of children 1 to 5 years seen by Doctor during the year 710 793 825 465 610 536 536 765 1234 586 594 603 541 8798 (7) Total number of Expectant Mothers seen by Doctor (Ante-natal Clinics) — 155 167 — — — — — 77 — — — 742 1141 (8) Children weighed 4064 4940 4581 3891 3209 4005 4613 3281 4558 4635 3195 2321 2240 49533 (9) Post.natal cases 973 — — 1 — 86 8 159 2123 143 21 268 437 4219 Total number of first visits paid by Health Visitors to homes of— (1) Expectant Mothers 183 265 163 99 70 90 59 73 197 143 87 34 628 2091 (2) Infants under 1 year 288 260 320 209 188 182 172 146 200 222 192 76 31 2486 (3) Children 1 to 5 years 29 — — — — — — — 19 — — 76 12 136 Total number of revisits paid by Health Visitors to homes of— (1) Expectant Mothers 260 76 5 — 10 — 18 — 169 6 — 22 471 1037 (2) Infants under 1 year 2026 1211 1092 808 967 1177 724 1481 757 1265 798 929 717 13952 (3) Children 1 to 5 years 2981 1570 1199 997 1365 1041 1183 1316 1489 1333 1175 2368 1913 19930 47 Sewing Classes were held during the year at Sutherland House with a total attendance of 444.