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During the year those districts have been dealt with which,
from the circumstances and status of the inhabitants most require
the services of the Health Visitors in connection with the Notification
of Births Act. These localities are situate mainly in NorthWest
Battersea and East Battersea. The following is a summary of
the results of the enquiries made into these 1,316 births.
The enquiries made had reference—
(a) As to the mothers : to health and occupation of; number of
children ; whether attended in her confinement by a doctor
or midwife ; condition of the house and number of rooms
occupied, etc.
(b) As to the child : condition of health at birth and nature of
food given.
As regards the Mothers of these 1,316 children visited by the
Council's Health Visitors, the majority were found to be in good
or fair health. Most of them were engaged in domestic work.
In 640 instances a doctor had been in attendance at the birth ;
in 528 cases the mother was attended by a midwife ; in 29 cases
an un-certified nurse or person was in attendance, as compared with
65 cases attended by uncertified nurses in 1909.