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Section "B" - GENRAL. L PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES
Notification of births
The total number of births notified in the year was 4,427,
Of this number 83 were stillbirths. 4,401 live births and 97
stillbirths were resistered as belonging to the. borough.
Professional nursing in the hone
The number of visits paid to cases by nurses from Nursing
Associations at the Council's expense was 4,690, at a cost of
£508.1.3.
Health-visiting
The following is a brief summary of the visits made by the
health visitors during the year:-
Total visits'
To expectant mothers 2,844
To children under 1 year 9,765
To children 1 - 5 years 14,397
Infant Welfare Centres
The nunber of attendances at the 14 Maternity and. Child
Welfare Centres was as follows:-
Babies 3,406
Children 1-5 years
of age 5,766
Ante nata 1_ and post natal clinics
No, of women who attended: ante natal clinics 4,116.
" " " post natal clinics 508.
Total number of attendances 18,512.
Child Life Protection
The number of Foster Mothers on the register at the end of the
year was 57. 88 children ware received during the year and there
were 72 on the register at the end of the year.
Summary of Visits paid by the Child Life Protection Officers
Primary visits to foster mothers 88
" " foster children 88
Re-visits to foster mothers 2181
" " foster children 2181
Number of illegitimate children at end
of year 371
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