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Hornsey 1939

[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, 1939.

Nature of Work.Centres.Totals.
No. 1.No. 2.No. 3 and Sub-Centre.
Number of sessions held1488399330
,, ante-natal sessions held682426118
Number of individual Mothers seen by Doctor:— Ante-natal, New cases25310681440
,, Old cases5952871771,059
Post-natal, New cases47251789
,, Old cases73515
9024212801,603
Total attendances of Mothers1,3364212802,037
Number of babies attending Centres for first time : Under 1 year413222151786
1 3 years585549162
3—5 ,,43163796
Number of individual babies on Centre registers: Under 1 year326189119634
1—5 years8093522921,453
Babies seen by Doctor2,89615241,0105,430
Attendances of babies at medical consultations3,5862,0321,5467,164
Total attendances of babies at Centres : Under 1 year5,1692,5711,7889,528
1—3 years2,7149826944,390
3—5 „688942731,055
Referred to own private doctors2041640
Referred to hospitals992442
Visits paid by nurses : —First visitsTotal visitsFirst visitsTotal visitsFirst visitsTotal visitsGrand First visitsTotals Total visits
To expectant mothers1311689413085178310476
To infants under one year4731,5645017762527391,2263,079
To children aged 1-5 years1163,000341,145421,2821925,427
Total visits paid by Nurses7204,7326292,0513792,1991,7288,982
CHILD LIFE PROTECTION— Visits paid to Foster Children131131713795439304

RECORD OF WORK OF MUNICIPAL MIDWIVES, 1939.

Miss Andrews Mrs. Jameson Miss HughesTotal
Confinements attended1286364255
Ante-natal Clinics attended723312117
do. visits458290241989
Post-natal visits1,7571,4649334,154