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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
Wood Green 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
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A rota is arranged, so that the helpers know on which date
they are to attend, and a meeting of all the lady helpers is held
monthly. I have found the suggestions which they have made
from time to time, very useful.
This meeting brings the voluntary helpers into closer touch
with each other, and with the lady members of the Maternity
and Child Welfare Committee, and is a source of enthusiasm in
connection with this important work.
Number of Births Registered within the District 776
Number of Births Notified within the District 687
Notifications equal 88.53 per cent, of births registered within the District, against 850, or 83.54 per cent, in 1916.
| Number of visits paid to homes (birth cases) | 2,911 |
| Number of visits paid to homes (pre-natal cases) | 83 |
| Enquiries into deaths of children (under 1 year) | 12 |
| Enquiries into Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 18 |
| Special Visits to Sick Children | 48 |
| Visits to Creche | 11 |
| Special) Visits to Surgical Case | 2 |
| Special Visits to Mental Case (Birth) | 2 |
| Special Visits to Puerperal Fever | 4 |
| 3,091 |
During the period under review, 72 pre-natal cases were
under our care; 54 babies were born, leaving 18 pre-natal cases
at the end of the year. Twenty of these visited the Centre, and
made a total of 79 attendances.