I would like to extend ray very best thanks to the Members of
the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee for their co-operation during
the year and to the members of the Staff, who through many vicissitudes,
have unfailingly carried out their duties.
The under-mentioned information will give some indication of
the work carried out by the Department during the year 1940:-
Table: BIRTHS.The total number of births notified during 1940 was as follows
BIRTHS.
The total number of births notified during 1940 was as follows
Live births notified by midwives
1,741
" " " " doctors and parents
125
Stillbirths notified by midwives
98
" " " doctors
12
1,976
Table: These figures include births which have taken place in the North Middlesex County Hospital, both of Edmonton and Non-Edmonton residents; excluding these latter the notified births of Edmonton residents are:-
These figures include births which have taken place in the North Middlesex County Hospital, both of Edmonton and Non-Edmonton residents; excluding these latter the notified births of Edmonton residents are:-