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Hornsey 1938

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

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Table: MATERNITY STATISTICS.Ante-Natal, Natal and Post-Natal.MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE WORK, 1938.

MATERNITY STATISTICS.

Ante-Natal, Natal and Post-Natal.

MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE WORK, 1938.

Nature of Work.Centres.Totals.
No. 1.No. 2.No. 3 and Sub-Centre.
Number of sessions held183114115412
,, ante natal sessions held642324111
Number of individual Mothers seen by Doctor:— Ante-natal, New eases29110081472
,, Old cases7153091671,191
Post-natal, New cases56182599
,, Old cases85417
1,0704322771,779
Total attendances of Mothers1,5694392752,283
Number of babies attending Centres for first time : Under 1 year448232184864
1 3 years724250164
3—5 „37273599
Number of individual babies on Centre registers : Under 1 year392193149734
1—5 years8303603221,512
Babies seen by Doctor3,4511 9799096,339
Attendances of babies at medical consultations4,2982,4901,1817,969
Total attendances of babies at Centres : Under 1 year6,7583,6811,88612,325
1—3 years3,2741,2247495,247
3-5 „8342782271,339
Referred to own private doctors4616769
Referred to hospitals27152062
Visits paid by nurses:—First visitsTotal visitsFirst visitsTotal visitsFirst visitsTotal visitsGrand First visitsTotal's Total visits
To expectant mothers149341109149109210367700
To infants under one year5742,1952963313179911,1873,517
To children aged 1-5 years1193,72172915601,6212516,257
Total visits paid by Nurses8426,2574771,3954862,8221,80510,474
CHILD LIFE PROTECTION— Visits paid to Foster Children25142221261811165379

Table: RECORD OP WORK OP MUNICIPAL MIDWIVES, 1938.

RECORD OP WORK OP MUNICIPAL MIDWIVES, 1938.

Miss AndrewsMrs. JamesonMiss HughesTotal
Confinements attended1357752264
Ante-natal Clinics attended64211196
do. visits444260246950
Post-natal visits1,7801,6451,0964,521