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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 1921

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham District]

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44
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE
The work of the MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE STAFF
is set out in tabular form hereunder:—

Table: HOME VISITS MADE UNDER THE NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACTS AND MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE ACT.

HOME VISITS MADE UNDER THE NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACTS AND MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE ACT.

Children 1st visitsunder 1 year Re-visitsChildren 1st visitsover 1 year Re-visitsTotal
Notification of Births3,4527,40737713,44324,679
Still-births7732——109
Deaths342010367
Ophthalmia Neonatorum2983——112
Other Infectious Diseases92156104239591
Total3,6847,69849113,68525,558
Maternity 1st visitsVisits— Re-visits
Ante-Natal361287——648
Post-Natal226232——458
Puerperal Fever54——9
Other 1st VisitVisits. Re-visits.
343332——675
Total Visits————27,348