Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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TABLE 13
MIDWIFERY
Midwives who Notified their intention to Practise within the Borough during 1966
Domiciliary | Institutional | |||
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Employed by the Borough | In Private Practice | Hospitals | Nursing Homes | Total |
TABLE 14
MIDWIFERY
Care of Premature Infants
Premature Babies Born and Nursed at Home | |||
---|---|---|---|
Number of Premature Babies Born at Home | Number | Died during first 24 hours | Survived to end of 28 days |
46 | 38 | 0 | 38 |
TABLE 15
HEALTH VISITING
Visits to Homes made by Health Visitors
* Number of Visits | ||
---|---|---|
Home Visits to: | First Visits | Total Visits |
Expectant Mothers | 831 | 1,305 |
Children born in 1966 | 4,340 | 10,708 |
born in 1965 | 3,539 | 9,108 |
born in 1961-64 | 5,387 | 13,682 |
Persons aged 65 years and over | 367 | 1,712 |
Mentally Disordered Persons | 20 | 106 |
Patients discharged from Hospitals (other than Mental and Maternity) | 24 | 41 |
Infectious disease Households | 23 | 31 |
Miscellaneous | 224 | 454 |
TOTALS | 14,755 | 37,147 |
* This Table excludes visits by Tuberculosis Health Visitors. |
>TABLE 16
HOME NURSING
Work Undertaken by the Home Nurses
Number of Visits | Number of Patients | Number of Patients under the age of 5 years | Number of Patients aged 65 years or over | Number of Visits of over one hour duration included in the Total |
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109,228 | 2,864 | 37 | 1,892 | 2,264 |