Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1923.

  • Finsbury (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
1924
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Credit: Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1923. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    14 South Clerkenwell Centre, Old Seaaiona House. Clerkenwell Green. The work and classes held at this Centre during 1923 were as follows :— Monday Post-Natal Clinic and Weighing- Centre, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Dental Clinic, 2.30 p.m. to 3.30 p.m., in alternate weeks. Tuesday Mothers' Clinic, 10.30 a.m. Wednesday Sewing Class, 2.30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday Post-Natal Clinic, 10 a.m. to 12.30 p.m., and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Weighing Centre, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Clothing Club, 2 p.m. Numbers of individual mothers, children and infants who have attended clinics and classes :— Mothers, nursing 120 expectant 38 of children 1—6 years 10 Children 1—5 years 233 Infants 242 Total number 643 Post Natal Clinic.—In 1023 the number of meetings was 80. The patients who attended were :—Nursing mothers 92, children 1—5 years 219, infants under 1 year 242. The attendances were :—Nursing mothers 212, children 1 to 5 years 1,392, infants under 1 year 2,183. Average attendances per clinic:—Nursing mothers 2, children 7, infants 17. Mothers' Clinic.—In 1923 the number of clinics held was 38. The number of patients was 27 ; attendances at these clinics have been included in those numbers mentioned in the post-natal clinics. Dental Clinic.—The number of clinics was 32. The patients were :—Nursing mothers 15, expectant mothers 6, mothers of children 1—5 years 13, children from 1 to 5 years 14. The