[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden] page 38

Merton and Morden 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]

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information kindly supplied by the Secretary relates to the
activities of the hospital clinics during 1937:—
Infant Clinic—

Table: Total attendances during the year— (1) By children under 1 year

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Total attendances during the year— (1) By children under 1 year

(2) By children 1-5 years	23
Total 0-5 years	653

Table: Number of children who first attended during the year, and who on the date of their first attendance were—

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Number of children who first attended during the year, and who on the date of their first attendance were—

	All Districts.	Merton & Morden only.
(1) under 1 year	142	87
(2) 1-5 years	6	87

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Number of children who attended during year and who
at end of year were— All Districts.
(1) under 1 year of age 102
(2) 1-5 years of age 46
Ante-Natal and Post-Natal Clinic— Ante- Post
Number of attendances by natal. natal.
women during the year 1,375 35
Number of women who
attended during the year 276 12
(156 Merton (6 Merton
& Morden) & Morden)
When the work of the clinics provided by the Council
and the hospital is considered together it will be observed
that the percentage of babies born to residents of the district
which come under clinic supervision rises to approximately
80, and the number of expectant mothers who receive assistance
in the same way represents approximately 63% of the
births.

Table: In addition 345 other visits were made for special purposes in connection with puerperal pyrexia, ophthalmia neonatorum, diphtheria swabbing, etc., whilst a further 338 visits were made to foster children under Infant Life Protection.

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In addition 345 other visits were made for special purposes in connection with puerperal pyrexia, ophthalmia neonatorum, diphtheria swabbing, etc., whilst a further 338 visits were made to foster children under Infant Life Protection.

To expectant mothers first visits	281
total visits		476
To children under one year first visits	892
total visits		2,716
To children 1-5 years total visits		3,656
Visits re puerperal pyrexia, ophthalmia and miscellaneous		345
Visits to foster children re Infant Life Protection		338
Total		7,531

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Merton and Morden 1937

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Table: Total attendances during the year— (1) By children under 1 year

Table: Number of children who first attended during the year, and who on the date of their first attendance were—

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Table: In addition 345 other visits were made for special purposes in connection with puerperal pyrexia, ophthalmia neonatorum, diphtheria swabbing, etc., whilst a further 338 visits were made to foster children under Infant Life Protection.