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Cerebro - spinal fever
1
Whooping Cough
4
Influenza
1
Measles
1
Bronchitis
1
Pneumonia
12
Diarrhoea
10
Other digestive diseases
1
Premature birth
13
Congenital malformations and birth
injuries
14
Other violent causes
7
All other causes
2
Total deaths of infants under
one year of age
67
MATERNAL MORTALITY.
The death of one woman due to puerperal sepsis was recorded.
Maternal Mortality Rate:- 0.78 per 1000 live and
still births.
HOME NURSING.
During the year the nursing of sick children and home
confinement cases and infectious disease was under taken by the
Catholic Nursing Association and the Southwark, Newington and
Walworth District Nursing Association. District nursing of
similar cases was also commenced by the Ranyard Nurses on the
1st July, 1944. The number of visits made by these associations
were as follows:-
Catholic Nursing Association 293
Southwark, Newington and Walworth
District Nursing Association 983
Ranyard Nurses (as from 1st July) 124
Total visits 1400
The method of payment in respect of this visiting was made on
a ‘capita’ basis in lieu of an annual grant made in former years.
HOME VISITING.
The Health Visitors made visits to the homes of expectant
mothers, infants and toddlers, as follows:-
Villa Street
Manor Place
Lorrimore Hall
(From 14.2.44)
Larcom Street.
Pocock Street
Crossways
Lambeth Road
Guy's Hospital
Total.
First Visits
Expectant Mothers
198
155
314
158
185
40
157
290
1497
Infants under 1x
230
188
272
227
168
87
112
74
1358
Revisits
Expectant Mothers
82
219
403
148
116
70
161
449
1648
Infants under 1
2228
1509
2385
2438
2030
310
873
565
12338
Children 1-5
3309
1469
3187
3319
2317
250
1126
3282
38259
Total
6047
3540
6561
6290
4816
757
2429
4660
35100
x - includes 28 visits in respect of still-births.
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