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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Southgate 1941

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]

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Table: TABLE OF VISITS MADE BY THE HEALTH VISITORS UNDER THE NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS, MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE, AND PUBLIC HEALTH ACTS.

TABLE OF VISITS MADE BY THE HEALTH VISITORS UNDER THE NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS, MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE, AND PUBLIC HEALTH ACTS.

Children19401941.
First visits430426
Under 1 year of age626(In addition to)890
Over 1 year of age2305 (first visits)3162
Visits re Deaths under 5 years of age-10
Stillbirths34
Ophthalmia Neonatorum--
Dental cases--
Pre-Natal visits276422
Clinics attended752763
Special visits (test feeds, following up special cases seen by M.O. at Centres, failing lactation, etc.)1154513
Totals5,5456,190

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CHILD LIFE PROTECTION- The following is a summary of
the Work carried out in this connection during 1941.
Number of registered Poster Mothers 17
Number of Foster children on register
during the year 32
Number of Foster children at end of year 20
Number of visits paid by Health Visitors 119
No unsatisfactory conditions were met with throughout
the year.
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