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cent. in 1921. The number of births notified by mid wives in 1922 was
51 per cent. of the total, as compared with 57 per cent. in 1921, and 42
per cent. in 1920.
Illegitimate Births.
Total number of illegitimate births 57
Alive at end of year 40
Dead at end of year 4
Unaccounted for 18
Maternity and Child Welfare.
There were 68 deaths of infants under one year of age in Chelsea
in 1922, equivalent to an Infant Mortality Rate of 66 per 1,000
Births, as compared with 78.5 per 1,000 in 1921, and 52 per 1,000 in
1920, which was the lowest rate ever recorded in the Borough. In London,
in 1922, the rate of infantile mortality was 74, and in England and
Wales, 77.
The number of births of Chelsea infants in outlying institutions in
1922 was 134, or 13 per cent. of the total births, as compared with 12.1
per cent. in 1921. There were 64 births in the Chelsea Workhouse in 1922,
or 6.2 per cent. of the total births, the average of the preceding 14 years
being only 4 per cent.
The following tabular statement gives an outline of the work carried
on in Chelsea during 1922 in Maternity and Child Welfare, the visits being
those paid by the trained officers of the Borough Council (one wholetime
Health Visitor, and one part-time), and of the Chelsea Health
Society and School for Mothers (one whole-time Health Visitor, and one
part-time), and does not include work done by voluntary workers attached
to the Society.
Summary of Reports of Health Visitors for 1922.
Number of homes visited (first visits), Infants 702
„ revisits, Infants 1459
„ Infants attendances at Infant Consultations
3004
„ visits to Children of one year to
school age 91
„ revisits ditto 2536
„ Children of one year to school age,
attendances at Medical Inspections
1535
„ ante-natal visits to Expectant
Mothers 664
„ ante-natal case attendances at
ante-natal clinic 381
„ visits to Diarrhoea cases amongst
children 27
„ cases of Diarrhoea found 27
„ visits to cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum
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General additional visits in connection with the
work 973