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Hornsey 1934

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

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TABLE I.

MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE WORK, 1934.

Nature of Work.Centres.Totals.
Mo. 1.No. a.No. 3 and Sub-Centre.
Number of sessions held18711571373
„ ante-natal sessions held47232292
Number of individual Mothers seen by Doctor:—
Ante-natal, New cases1684558271
„ Old cases319117117553
Post-natal, New cases33133
„ Old cases123-15
532178178888
Total attendances of Mothers7452121771,134
Number of babies attending Centres for first time: Under 1 year314181128623
1-5 years835449186
Number of individual babies on Centre registers: Under 1 year279238100617
1—5 years6801913441,215
Babies seen by Doctor2,3081,3129624,582
Attendances of babies at medical consultations3,0641,7611,2046,029
Total attendances of babies at Centres: Under 1 year4,8122,4401,4138,665
1 5 years3,3571,0378185,212
Referred to own private doctors1624242
Referred to hospitals154364194
Visits paid by nurses:—First visitsTotal visitsFirst visitsTotal visitsFirst visitsTotal visitsGrand First visitsTotals Total visits
To expectant mothers1091908715662105258451
To infants under one year5221,3082361,3542581,1481,0163,810
To children aged 1-5 years1233,232651,653882,0772766,962
Total visits paid by Nurses7544,7303883,1634083,3301,56011,223
CHILDREN ACTS— Visits paid to Foster Children9150121171118632443

RECORD OF WORK OF MUNICIPAL MIDWIFE, 1934.

Confinements attended147
Ante-natal Clinics attended79
do. visits546
Post-natal visits1,955