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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
Southall 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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Monthly Registration of Births
The monthly registration of births classified as to Wards is given in the
following table
T able VI
| Waxlow Manor | North-cote | Hambrough | Dormers Wells | Glebe | Norwood Green | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 36 |
| February | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 35 |
| March | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 49 |
| April | 16 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 59 |
| May | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 34 |
| June | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 22 |
| July | 8 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 54 |
| August | 4 | i | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 19 |
| September | 6 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 37 |
| October | i | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 22 |
| November | 5 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 36 |
| December | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 46 |
| 79 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 111 | 76 | 449 |
Table VII.
| Certified Cause of Death. | Under I week | 1-2 weeks | 2-3 weeks | 3-4 weeks | Total under weeks | 1-3 months | 3-6 months | 6-9 months | . 9-12 months | Total deaths under 1 year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bronchitis, Pneumonia, etc. | _ | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | 9 |
| Congenital Malformations, etc. | 6 | 3 | 1 | — | 10 | 1 | — | - | - | 11 |
| Gastro-enteritis, Diarrhoea, etc. | — | 2 | - | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| Prematurity | 11 | 2 | 1 | — | 14 | — | — | — | - | 14 |
| Miscellaneous | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | 3 | |
| 17 | 8 | 4 | - | 29 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 42 |
Live Births Legitimate, 859
Illegitimate, 55
Infant Deaths Legitimate, 36
Illegitimate, 6
T able VIII
S ummary of H ealth V isiting W ork for the Y ear 1944
| Visits to infants— | |
| First visits | 846 |
| Re-visits | 1,886 |
| Visits to children— | |
| First visits | 276 |
| Re-visits | 2,904 |
| Visits to expectant mothers | 688 |
| Visits for infectious disease | 671 |
| Visits to schools | 35* |
| Child Life Protection visits | 170 |
| Miscellaneous visits | 533 |
| Removals | 120 |
| No access | 1,497 |
| Re adoptions | 34 |
| Total | 9,660 |
*At these visits a total of 809 children were examined
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