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35
Grants in Aid.
Convalescent Treatment (1 mother, 6 children) 7 cases.
Attendance of midwife 16 ,,
Loan of maternity bag 4 ,,
Zymotic Enteritis.
Died before notification received 7
Not traced 10
Visited 259
Under 1 year (seefeeding below) 78 (3 died).
1 to 2 years 113
2 to 3 years 42
3 to 4 years 18
4 to 5 years 8
Feeding.
Age period. Breast. Mixed feeding. Hand fed. Not stated.
Under 1 year 30 32 13 —
Died 1 2 — —
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
Number of notifications received 38
Died whilst under supervision 3
Sight of one eye damaged —
Recovered 35
Occurred in Institutions 3
Occurred in the practice of medical practitioners 6
Occurred in the practice of midwives 29
Admitted to hospital as in-patients 8
Treated as hospital out-patients 10
Treated privately 20
Visited by nurse 11
Vital Statistics, 1922.
All births, including those occurring in outlying
districts, but belonging to the Borough 4,489
Attended by doctors 1,017
Attended by midwives 2,863
Delivered in institutions 598
Not stated 11
Stillborn 124
Died before visit 99
Not requiring or desiring visits 438
Visited 3,828
Removed and not traced 219
Died during visitation 147