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Merton and Morden 1940

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

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hospital Clinics during 1940, 1941 and 1942. The following table shows the accommodation used by mothers in the district for the years under review.

1940.1941.1942.
Nelson Hospital256219216
Kingston County Hospital91720
St. Helier's Hospital922
Other hospitals-109
274246267
Infant Clinic:—
From Merton and Morden.
1940.1941.1942.
(a) Total number of attendances at the Infant Clinic during the years under review
(1) By children under one year of age--701*
(2) By children between the ages of one and five years7--
(b) Total number of children who first attended at the Clinic during the year and who on the date of their first attendance were
(1) Under one year of age845151
(2) Between the ages of one and five years2-Nil
(c) Total number of children under five years of age who attended at the Clinic during the year and who at the end of the year were:—
(1) Under one year of age795050
(2) Over one year of age711
Ante-Natal and Post-Natal Clinic—-
Ante-natal.Post-natal.
1940.1941.1942.1940.1941.1942.
(a) Total number of attendances at the Clinics during the
year1751721,720*83100205*
(b) Total number of women who attended at the Clinics during
the year172100

*All districts.
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