Sixty-sixth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington.

  • Islington (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
1922
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Credit: Sixty-sixth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1921] 10 West Islington Maternity and Child Welfare Centre. Number of Expectant Mothers on roll 185 „ Attendances 494 „ Consultations 49 „ Ailing Mothers on roll 257 „ Attendances 760 Total visits—Expectant Mothers 430 „ —Children 8,069 Number of Children on books 31st March, 1922 1,819 „ Attendances, under 1 year 443 „ „ over 1 year 801 Number of Consultations 305 Attendances at Consultations 8,224 Attendances at Weighings 4,364 Total attendances (Children) 12,588 Number of deaths under 1 year 43 „ „ over 1 year 15 Infant Mortality (based on per 1,000 infants under 1 year, attending centre) 97.0 Massage Attendances 499 Dental Treatment 96 Convalescent Homes and Holidays 91 East Islington Maternity and Child Welfare Centre. Children under 1 year (attending Centre) 340 „ over 1 year „ „ 774 Mothers expectant 129 Consultations held 40 Attendances 346 Total Attendances (Children) 7,972 Home Visits (by Staff) 5,391 „ (Voluntary) 84 Consultations 5,930 Weighings only 2,042 Massage (Attendances) 1,078 Deaths (under 1 year) 28 „ (over 1 year) 18 Infant Mortality (based on per 1,000 infants under 1 year attending Centre) 82.3 Dental Clinic—Patients treated 43 Convalescent Homes—Sent for treatment 8 DEATHS IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. Within the Borough.—1,868 persons died in the Public Institutions located in Islington, of whom 1,340 belonged to this Borough, the remaining 528 having come here for treatment or relief. Of these, 353 died in the Holborn Infirmary and 93 in the Great Northern Central Hospital. Of the 1,340 deaths of inhabitants, 936 occurred in the Islington Infirmary, 230 in the Islington Institution, and 131 in the Great Northern Central Hospital. The proportion which the 1,340 deaths in these public institutions bore to the Borough mortality was 30*7 per cent.