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Hornsey 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]

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TABLE I.

MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE WORK, 1932.

Nature of Work.Centres.Totals.
No. 1.No. 2.No. 3 and Sub-Centre.
Number of sessions held19712273392
,, ante natal sessions held502724101
Number of individual Mothers seen by Doctor:—
Aute-natal, New cases2289159378
,, Old cases322127104553
Post natal, New cases61391101
„ Old cases149-23
6252661641,055
Total attendances of Mothers9033441561,403
Number of babies attending Centres for first time : Under 1 year ...336176146658
1-5 years864450180
Number of individual babies on Centre registers: Under 1 year295199116610
1-5 years ..6252493611,235
Attendances of babies at medical consultations3,3252,0891,0446,458
Babies seen by Doctor2,4111,3918144,616
Total attendances of babies at Centres : Under 1 year5,1072,1261,7658,998
1-5 years3,0691,1758485,092
Referred to own private doctors1837358
Referred to hospitals134516191
Health talks given by nurses-26127
Grand Total
Visits paid by nurses: —First visitsTotal visitsFirst visitsTotal visitsFirst visitsTotal visitsFirst visitsTotal visits
To expectant mothers951678014070118245425
To infants under one year5092,4542871,3682871,0901,0834,912
To children aged 1-5 years993,266661,825611,5892266,680
Total visits paid by Nurses7035,8874333,3334182,7971,55412,017
CHILDREN ACTS—
visits paid to Foster Children2015488217429310

RECORD OF WORK OF MUNICIPAL MIDWIFE, 1932.
Confinements attended 161
Ante-natal Clinics attended 75
do. visits 507
Post-natal visits 2,119