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 Southall]
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Monthly Registration of Births.
The monthly registration of births classified as to Wards is given in the following
table.
Table VI
Waxlow Manor | North-cote | Hambrough | Dormers Wells | Glebe | Norwood Green | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 30 |
February | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 21 |
March | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 35 |
April | 8 | 1 | 5 | i | 7 | 10 | 32 |
May | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 32 |
June | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 37 |
July | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 37 |
August | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 34 |
September | 3 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 43 |
October | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 32 |
November | 8 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 34 |
December | 3 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 4i |
63 | 57 | 57 | 48 | 100 | 83 | 408 |
Table VII
Certified Cause of Death. | Under 1 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 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 9 |
Congenital Malformations, etc. | 11 | 1 | — | — | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 16 |
Gastro-enteritis, Diarrhœa, etc. | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 3 |
Prematurity | 8 | — | — | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | 8 |
Accidental (Suffocation) | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
20 | 3 | 2 | — | 25 | 3 | 4 | 5 | — | 37 |
Live Births. Legitimate 1,034
Illegitimate 56
Infant Deaths. Legitimate 32
Illegitimate 5
Table VIII
Summary of Health Visiting Work for the Year 1946
Visits to infants— | |
First visits | 1,019 |
Re-visits | 3,449 |
Visits to children— | |
First visits | 147 |
Re-visits | 4,987 |
Visits to expectant mothers | 1,598 |
Visits for infectious disease | 468 |
Visits to schools | 58* |
Child Life Protection visits | 163 |
Miscellaneous visits | 893 |
Removals | 226 |
No access | 2,105 |
Re adoptions | 108 |
Total | 15,221 |
*At these visits 489 children were examined.
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