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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 1945

[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.

19451944
Children:
First visits 643744
Under 1 year of age 1122(In addition )1278
Over 1 year of age 3081(to 1st visits)3238
Visits re:
Deaths under 5 years of age6
Stillbirths7
Pre-natal visits 316407
Clinics attended 944979
Special visits (test feeds, following up special cases seen by M.O. at Clinics, failing lactation, etc.) 194286
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CHILD LIFE PROTECTION.- The following is a summary
of the work; carried out in this connection duping 1945:
Number of registered Poster Mothers 15
" " Foster Children on register
during the year 24
" Foster Children at end of year 10
" " visits-paid by Health Visitors 173
No unsatisfactory conditions were met with
throughout the year.
MATERNITY OUTFITS.- Sterilized maternity outfits
were supplied to expectant mothers during 1945,
as follows:
18 were supplied free of charge.
17 " " @ one-sixth full charge.
15 " " @ one-third
15 " " @ one-half " "
1 was " © two-thirds "
1 " " @ five-sixths " "
32 were " @ cost price.
_20 Total, 1945..99; 1944,.119.