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Hornsey 1940

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

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Table: MATERNITY STATISTICS.Ante-Natal, Natal and Post-Natal.MTERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE WORK, 1940.

MATERNITY STATISTICS.

Ante-Natal, Natal and Post-Natal.

MTERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE WORK, 1940.

Nature of Work.Centres.Totals.
No. 1.No. 2.No. 3 and Sub-Centre.
Number of sessions held16698101365
,, ante natal sessions held964535176
Number of individual Mothers seen by Doctor:— Ante-natal, New cases334146131611
,, Old cases8314673431,641
Post-natal, New cases513325109
,, Old cases11113961
1,2276575382,422
Total attendances of Mothers1,7335514872,771
Number of babies attending Centres for first time : Under 1 year411221145777
1 — 3 years943563192
3—5 „552397175
Number of individual babies on Centre registers: Under 1 year313179114606
1—5 years8493923011,542
Babies seen by Doctor2,7391,3198024,860
Attendances of babies at medical consultations3,4712,0191,2896,779
Total attendances of babies at Centres : Under 1 year5,0473,0141,1039,164
1—3 years2,4288776673,972
3—5 „7492782621,289
Refarred to own private doctors2971955
Referred to hospitals5183594
Grand Total
Visits paid by nurses:—First visitsTotal visitsFirst visitsTotal visitsFirst visitsTotal visitsFirst visitsTotal visits
To expectant mothers11620788132115232319571
To infants under one year4291,7922538292329159143,536
To children aged 1-5 years1083,118641,2461191,4562915,820
Total visits6535,1174052,2074662,6031,5249,927
CHILD LIFE PROTECTION— Visits paid to Foster Children261226198101842338

Table: RECORD OF WORK OF MUNICIPAL MIDWIVES, 1940.

RECORD OF WORK OF MUNICIPAL MIDWIVES, 1940.

Miss AndrewsMrs. JamisonMiss HughesMiss MatthewsTotal
Confinements attended131737463341
Ante-natal Clinics attended58373531161
do. visits3763252612061,168
Post-natal visits1,8821,5521,4187295,581