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Hornsey 1941

[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, 1941.

Nature of Work.Centres.Totals.
No. 1.No. 2.No. 3.No. 4.
Number of sessions held2001024963414
,, ante-natal sessions held101504012203
Number of individual Mothers seen by Doctor:—
Ante natal, New cases33013815640664
,, Old cases946518397851.946
Post natal, New cases4132300103
,, Old cases917522
1,3.266895901302,735
Total attendances of Mothers1,8756725941303,271
Number of babies attending Centres for first time : Under 1 year43317814045796
1-3 years102423419197
3-5 "611910898
Number of individual babies on Centre registers1,1324942931602,079
Babies seen by Doctor3,3222,1549131906,579
Attendances of babies at medical consultations4,3753,1781,3731929,118
Total attendances of babies at Centres : Under 1 year5,5942,2911,3435479,775
1—3 years2,9429593492174,467
3-5 "66032169991,149
Refarred to own private doctors551061384
Referred to hospitals56821893
Grand Total
Visits paid by nurses: —First visitsTotal visitsFirst visitsTotal visitsFirst visitsTotal visitsFirst VisitsTotal VisitsFirst visitsTotal visits
To expectant mothers8817291119761592562280512
To infants under one year4362,111123392241669282288283,400
To children aged 1-5 years1332,943125770152938283494385,000
Total visits6575,2263391,2814691,766816391,5468,912
CHILD LIFE PROTECTION— Visits paid to Foster Children1616410117105121338345

RECORD OF WORK OF MUNICIPAL MIDWIVES, 1941.

Miss AndrewsMrs. JamisonMiss HughesMiss MatthewsTotal
Confinements attended115406577297
Ante-natal Clinics attended59334747186
do. visits374175241113903
Post-natal visits1,6919881,1731,2455,097