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Hornsey 1942

[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. 1942.

Nature of Work.Centres.Totals.
No. 1.No. 2.No. 3.No. 4.
Number of Children's sessions held2401285062480
,, antenatal sessions held124615515255
Number of individual Mothers seen by Doctor:—
Ante-natal, New cases45018416954857
,, Old cases1,1556685771482,548
Post-natal, New cases46341120192
„ Old cases1467532
1,6658928652073,629
Total attendances of Mothers2,6038848892074,583
Number of babies attending Centres for first time: Under 1 year512264209711,056
13 years112413315201
3—5492210788
Number of individual babies on Centre registers at end of 19421,3746444391052,622
Babies seen by Doctor4,0612,7039402207,924
Attendances of babies at medical consultations5,2495,9251,81324013,227
Total attendances of babies at Centres: Under 1 year7,6274,0672,2751,05615,025
1—3 years3,7791,2325751755,761
3—5 ,,73631179571,183
Referred to own private doctors61241522122
Referred to hospitals119243820201
Visits paid by nurses:—First visitsTotal visitsFirst visitsTotal visitsFirst visitsTotal visitsFirst VisitsTotal VisitsGrand First visitsTotals Total visits
To expectant mothers661465562501012953200362
To infants under one year5512,494145274283772321821,0113,722
To children aged 1-5 years922,9171033087786193292814,415
Total visits7095,5573036444101,734705641,4928,499
CHILD LIFE PROTECTION— Visits paid to Foster Children16144117465541937292

RECORD OF WORK OF MUNICIPAL MIDWIVES, 1942.

Miss AndrewsMiss HughesMiss MatthewsMrs. ThompsonMrs. JamisonTotal
Confinements attended1609310714100474
Ante-natal Clinics attended6264491755247
do. visits533283207895571,669
Post-natal visits2,1511,4901,5882421,8267,297