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Enfield 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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The following table gives particulars of the work done by the Health Visitors during the year.

Visits.

Town, Chase and Hadley.Bush Hill Park.Ordnance.Ponders End.Totals.
Birth Notification Visits242189256256943
Ditto lie-visits3335014687282,030
Children, 1-5 years. Visits1,0181,0751,2891,4414,823
Visits re Insanitary Conditions5221257
General Visits313637065511
Ante-Natal Visits21094113122539
Post-Natal Visits945037181
Blank Visits28414188224737
Infectious Disease Visits10110015477432
Ophthalmia Neonatorum Visits1-3-4
Puerperal Fever Visits1113
Puerperal Pyrexia Visits12115
Visits re Foster Children2515142983
Totals2,5812,2772,5082,98210,348

Feeding, etc.

Feeding.Town, Chase and Hadley%Bush Hill Park%Ordnance%Ponders End%Totals%
Natural2088517693238922178483989
Artificial3414136166391510210
Mixed2122
Separate Cot2229116788197762248781085
Number of Births notified 1,034, which includes 247 born outside the district, 91.1 per cent of which were visited.