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The Notification of Births Act has now been in force
here for a complete year, and it was obvious that the
work in connection with it would be of a very pressing
nature. Therefore, my time has been devoted during
this year entirely to the visitation of newly-born infants
and their mothers.
The number of visits paid was as follows:—
After notification of births 2,107
Re-visits 468
Visits for special reasons (puerperal
fever, poverty, illness of infants, etc.) 201
Enquiries after deaths (diarrhœa and
others) 49
Total number of visits 2,825
During the year birth notifications to the number of
3,802 were forwarded to this Department, of which
3,184 were sent by attendant (doctor or midwife).
563 ,, ,, relatives.
55 „ „ person not stated.
3,802
The mothers were attended in their confinements
By doctors 1,124
By midwives 1,357
By students from London Hospital 1,237
By whom not stated 84
3,802