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10
REPORT ON THE WORK OF THE
HEALTH VISITOR.
During the year 2,824 births were registered in the
Borough. Adding 125 births which were registered outside
the Borough and transferred by the Registrar-General as
belonging to Hammersmith, and deducting 14 births which
were registered in the Borough and transferred by the RegistrarGeneral to other districts, the corrected number of births for
the year was 2,935.
Two hundred and eighty-three deaths of infants under
1 year of age were registered in the Borough. 44 of which
occurred in the West London Hospital, and 34 in the
Hammersmith Infirmary.
Thirty-two deaths of the non-residents of this Borough
occurred, 28 at the West London Hospital, 2 at the Hammersmith Infirmary, and 2 were transferable to other districts.
Twenty-five deaths of residents were registered outside
the Borough, 22 occurring in Institutions, and 3 being transferred by the Registrar-General.
Deducting 32 deaths of infants, being non-residents, and
adding 25 deaths of infants of this Borough, the corrected
number of deaths of infants was 276.
Of the 276 deaths, 48 were prematurely born and 55 died
under one week.
Of the 55 deaths of infants under 1 week, 3 were newly
born infants found dead in various parts of the Borough,
parentage being unknown.
During the year 2,875 visits were made by the Council's
Health Visitor. Of this number 2,184 were first visits, and
512 second and subsequent visits. One hundred and seventynine visits were made when it was found that the parents had
removed or were out.
Fourteen cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum were visited
bv the Health Visitor.