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 Tottenham]
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CARE OF MOTHERS AND YOUNG CHILDREN
Notification of Births
The following table shows the births notified during the year compared with previous years. The number notified last year was the highest for seven years and the percentage of hospital confinements was 81.7%, compared with 80% in 1958.
1959 | 1958 | 1957 | ||
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Live Births | (a) Domiciliary | 649 | 708 | 566 |
(b) Hospital or Nursing Home | 2881 | 2799 | 2679 | |
Still Births | (a) Domiciliary | 4 | 6 | 3 |
(b) Hospital or Nursing Home | 49 | 59 | 63 | |
3583 | 3572 | 3311 |
Ante-natal clinics
The arrangements for four assistant medical officers with post graduate obstetrical
qualifications to staff the ante-natal clinics in Tottenham and also to attend as honorary clinical
assistants at the North Middlesex and Bearsted Memorial Hospitals have worked well.
During the year discussions have taken place locally with the Medical Liaison Committees
as to the implications of the Cranbrook Report on the Maternity Services. The Minister of Health
has decided that many of the recommendations made require consultation with the authorities and
organisations concerned before final decisions can be taken.
The percentage of expectant mothers making at least one attendance at one of the local
authority ante-natal clinics was 63.6% during 1959 compared with 65.7% the previous year.
The following table gives details of attendances at all clinics in the Area:-
No , of sessions held | No. of new cases | Total attendances | Average attendance per session | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A.N. | P.N. | A.N. | P.N. | |||
Burgoyne Road | 76 | 207 | 115 | 1386 | 119 | 19.8 |
Church Road | 74 | 128 | 71 | 1072 | 79 | 15.6 |
Fortis Green | 101 | 241 | 104 | 1797 | 110 | 18.9 |
Hornsey Town Hall | 154 | 382 | 168 | 2710 | 173 | 18.7 |
Mildura Court | 66 | 204 | 101 | 1381 | 108 | 22.6 |
Stroud Green | 53 | 166 | 73 | 851 | 73 | 17.4 |
The Chestnuts | 154 | 422 | 180 | 2831 | 183 | 19.6 |
Lordship Lane | 154 | 284 | 144 | 1894 | 150 | 13.3 |
Park Lane | 104 | 255 | 136 | 1321 | 136 | 14.0 |
Totals 1959 | 936 | 2289 | 1092 | 15243 | 1131 | 17.5 |
Totals 1958 | 1001 | 2347 | 1157 | 15536 | 1234 | 16.7 |
Totals 1957 | 1029 | 2267 | 1120 | 15131 | 1238 | 15.9 |
Midwives Ante-natal Clinics
The following table shows the attendances made during the year.