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INFANT MORTALITY
There were 17 deaths of infants under one year of age, 3 of whom we
illegitimate. The causes of deaths were as follows:
Pneumonia 1,Diarrhoea 1. premature birth 5.
Congenital malformation, birth injury and
infantile diseases 8. All other causes 2
GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES
No major changes in the health services provided in the Boroug
occurred during 1945, Details of the services may be seen on referenc
to previous annual reports.
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELIARE WORK_
The total number of vicitr made by a Health Visitors was
2,507. The number of attendances of children at the Infant Welfare
Centres was 5,915. The number of attendances at the Ante-Natal clinics
was 517.
DAY NURSERIES
There are two Day Nurseries in the Borough; one provides places
for 45 children and the other for 50 children. Both are owned and
managed by voluntary organisations. one of those nurseries was taken
over by the Council as a war-time nursery on 1st June, 1943, and
returned to the owners of the Nursery on 29th September, 1945,
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES AND ADMTNISTRATT0N
During the year, 17005 inspections (including re-inspections)
were carried out by the Sanitary Inspectors. Included in this total
number were 65 inspections on complaints of nuisance, and 7 28 with
reference to infectious disease
The number of inspections of factories and workplaces
was 454. Defects were found and reniedied in 41. instances.
236 Intimation Notices,9 statutory Notices under the public
Health (London) Act, 1936, were served. during tne year.
No legal proceedings were necessary during the year to secure
compliance with notices served under the public Health (London) Act, 1931
DISINFECTION
During the year, 65 rooms were disinfected after cases of
infectious or other disease, of these, 14 wore rooms which had been
occupied by tuberculous persons, In addition, 143 rooms of private
dwellings were disinfected of vermin. At the Disinfecting Station
6,7 27 articles of bedding, clothing etc, 254 books and 68 toys were
disinfected,
CLEANSING STATION
The number of verminous persons residernt in Holborn cleansed
during the year was 248 men and 10 women.