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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Hornsey 1936

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

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Table: TABLE I.MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE WORK, 1936.

TABLE I.

MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE WORK, 1936.

Nature of Work.Centres.
No. 1.No. 2.No. 3 and Sub-Centre.Totals.
Number of sessions held1949970363
" ante natal sessions held51242499
Number of individual Mothers seen by Doctor:— Ante natal, New cases1677072309
,, Old cases385145136666
Post-natal, New cases4415665
,, Old cases417324
6002472171,064
Total attendances of Mothers8472842171,348
Number of babies attending Centres for first time : Under 1 year312192149653
1—3 years643133128
3.5 „19102251
Number of individual babies on Centre registers: Under 1 year306176121603
1—5 years6523043211,277
Babies Been by Doctor2,5071,4588384,803
Attendances of babies at medical consultations3,4342,0109886,432
Total attendances of babies at Centres: Under 1 year4,8932,4901,3798,762
1—3 years2,6867145023,902
3-5 "8621892111,262
Referred to own private doctors86278121
Referred to hospitals164196189
Visits paid by nurses:-First visitsTotal visitsFirst visitsTotal visitsFirst visitsTotalGrand FirstTotals Total
To expectant mothers120197771346397260428
To infants under one year5041.9153341,6882998601,1374,463
To children aged 1-5 years1353,460631,497971,6632956,620
Total visit paid by Nurses7595,5724743,3194592,6201,69211,511
CHILDREN ACTS— Visits paid to Foster Children211982423658050514

Table: RECORD OP WORK OF MUNICIPAL MIDWIFE, 1936.

RECORD OP WORK OF MUNICIPAL MIDWIFE, 1936.

Confinements attended189
Ante.natal Clinics attended88
do. visits649
Post-natal visits2,476