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Diarrhœa and Enteritis.
During the year 16 deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis occurred
among Hampstead children under 2 years of age. The following table
gives a comparison in the death-rates from these diseases in Hampstead,
London, and England and Wales during 1919:—
Death-rate per 1000 births.
Hampstead 13.83
London 16.22
England and Wales 9.59
Polio-myelitis, acute.
Three cases were notified, 2 occurring in male children aged 2½ and
3 years respectively, and 1 in the person of a female aged 26.
No case was removed to hospital. In only 1 case, that of the
child aged 3 years, was there any permanent disability resulting, in
this instance there being slight paralysis of the left leg.
Pre-Maternity Clinics.
The work of the Ante-Natal Clinics has continued to make progress
during the year. The Western Clinic at the Health Institute was
formed in the early part of 1917, and the Eastern Clinic at 59, South
End Road was opened in August 1919.
Dr. Mary Kidd, the Medical Officer in Charge of the Clinics submit
the following report:—
Annual Report of the Medical Officer to Pre-Maternity Clinics,
January 1st, 1919, to December 3lst, 1919.
This year has shown a steady increase in the number of patients
attending the Clinics.
It was deemed by the Borough Council advisable to open a Clinic
on the Hampstead Heath side of the Borough in addition to the one on
the Kilburn side, as the Kilburn Clinic is so inaccessible to expectant
mothers living on the Hampstead Heath side. Accordingly a Clinic
was started in this latter neighbourhood in August last. The attendances
at it have been good on the whole.