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Hornsey 1955

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

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74
CARE OF MOTHERS AND YOUNG CHILDREN
Section 22
Notification of Births
The following table shows the births notified during the year compared
with previous years. The percentage of hospital confinements
rose to 88.9% during 1955, thus continuing the steady increase noted
in previous years.

Table: TABLE 1

TABLE 1

195519541953
Live Births (a) Domiciliary429553599
(b) Hospital or Nursing Home2,5092,3872,508
Still Births (a) Domiciliary459
(b) Hospital or Nursing Home535158
Totals2,9952,9963,174

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Ante-natal Clinics
The only change made in clinic sessions during the year was a reduction
at The Chestnuts Centre from five to four sessions a week owing
to a fall in demand. As a consequence there was a fractional increase
in the average attendance throughout the Area to 15.7 per session.
The total number of new patients who attended ante-natal clinics
during the year was 2,003, which is the lowest for many years.
The following table gives details of attendances at all clinics in the
Area:—

Table: TABLE 2

TABLE 2

No. of sessions heldNo. of new casesTotal attendancesAverage attendance per session
A.N.P.N.A.N.P.N.
Burgoyne Road49134969959922.3
Church Road72131761,0777816.0
Fortis Green1002161341,65414118.0
Homsey Town Hall1492741492,09816515.2
Mildura Court62171581,1466319.5
Stroud Green51125798118017.5
The Chestnuts2253892362,98023914.3
Lordship Lane2042941762,14718111.4
Park Lane1042691831,74421518.8
Totals 19551,0162,0031,18714,6521,26115.7
19541,0572,2101,17715,5041,25715.4
19531,0852,2841,32615,7331,40615.8