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Bethnal Green 1954

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]

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(2) Ante-natal and Post—natal clinics
Ante-natal consultations:-
No. of women who attended for the first time 376
No. of women who attended 474
Total attendances 2,248
Post-natal consultations:-
No. of women who attended 115
(3) Health Visitors
No. of infants under one year of age visited
for the first time 908
Total visits to children under 1 year of age 6,065
Total visits to children aged 1 year but under
the age of 2 years 3,405
Total visits to children aged over 2 years but
under 5 years 6,389
No. of expectant mothers visited 465
Total visits to expectant mothers 899
(4) Infant Life Protection
No. on register, 1st January, 1954
Poster mothers 1
Poster children 1
No. on register, 31st December, 1954
Poster mothers 3
Foster children 3
(5) Child Minders (Daily Guardians)
No. of Child Minders - Statutory -
Voluntary 26
No. of children minded - Statutory -
Voluntary 25
(6) Care of Premature Infants
No. of premature births during the year 63
No. of deaths under 1 month 7