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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
Tottenham 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
The work of the MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE STAFF
is set out in tabular form hereunder:—
HOME VISITS MADE UNDER THE NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACTS AND MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE ACT.
| Children under 1 year. | Children over 1 year. | Total. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Visits. | Re-visits. | 1st Visits. | Re-visits. | ||
| Notification of Births | 2,692 | 7,100 | 250 | 16,171 | 26,213 |
| Still-births | 73 | 41 | - | - | 114 |
| Deaths | 41 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 65 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 14 | 34 | - | - | 48 |
| †Other Infectious Diseases | 152 | 245 | 160 | 273 | 830 |
| Total | 2,972 | 7,427 | 424 | 16,447 | 27,270 |
| Maternity Visits. | |||||
| 1st Visits. | Re-visits. | ||||
| Ante-Natal | 366 | 427 | - | - | 793 |
| Post-Natal | 604 | 948 | — | — | 1,552 |
| Puerperal Fever | 6 | 20 | — | — | 26 |
| Other Visits. | |||||
| Mothers. | Children. | ||||
| *374 | 282 | — | — | 656 | |
| Total Visits | — | — | — | — | 30,297 |
† Other Infectious Diseases include Measlos and German Measles, Bronchial
Pneumonia, Tuberculosis, Whooping Cough, Poliomylitis.
*Other visits and re-visits include visits to hospital with swabs in connection
with suspected contagious disease; massage cases, complaints of neglect
and inspection of premises as to their suitability for nursing of children
after operation, and visits for assisted milk supply.