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Hornsey 1937

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

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MATERNITY STATISTICS. Ante-Natal, Natal and Post-Natal.

MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE WORK. 1937

Nature of Work.Centres.Totals.
No. 1.No. 2.No. 3 and Sub-Centre.
Number of sessions held17910278359
„ ante-natal sessions held50242296
Number of individual Mothers seen by Doctor:— Aute-uatal, New oases2189164373
„ Old cases456192100748
Post-natal, New cases31161161
„ Old cases59014
7133081751,196
Totilattendan.es of Mothers973322131,509
Number of babies attending Centres for first time: Under 1 year435230141806
1-3 years895850197
3—5 ,,52212396
Number of individual babies on Centre registers: Under 1 year356173238767
1—5 years8033752281,406
Babies seen by Doctor2,8991,5957985,292
Attendances of babies at medica consultations3,6371,9111,0106,558
Total attendances of babies a Centrers Under 1 years5,9362,9131,51310,362
1—3 years2,7299306474,306
3-58421862161,244
Referred to own private doctors5424785
deferred to hospitals2316113305
Visits paid by nurses: —First visitsTotal visitsFirst visitsTotal visitsFirst visitsTotal visitsGrand First, visitsTotals Total visits
To expectant mothers109205759473103257402
To infants under one year5492,4102828002377341,0683,944
To children aged 1-5 years .1333,05187806541,1702745,627
Total visits paid by Nurses7916,2664441,7003642,0071,5999,973
CHILD LIFE PROTECTION— Visits paid to Foster Children301691675137859322

RECORD OF WORK OF MUNICIPAL MIDWIVES, 1937.

Miss AndrewsMrs. Jameson'Miss HughesTotal
Confinements attended1444430218
Ante-natal Clinics attended7312590
do. visits6751612611,097
Pout-natal visits2,5067505393,795
* Mrs. Jameson and Miss Hughes took up duty under the Midwives Act from 1st July.