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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Hornsey 1921

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]

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Table: TABLE H.MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE WORK DONE DURING THE YEAR 1921.

TABLE H.

MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE WORK DONE DURING THE YEAR 1921.

Nature of Work.Centres.Total.
Number of Sessions heldNo. 1. 137No. 2. 90227
Number of Mothers seen by Doctor:— Antenatal36185446
Post.natal604338§42
Number of Babies entered on Register :— During Year598235833
Maximum Number of Babies on Register;— During any one month1,055468
Number of Babies seen by Doctor3,4802,0655,545
Number of Babies weighed6,8623,60210,464
Children Normal—general advice given1,7101,1292,839
Suffering from incorrect feeding553328881
Suffering from Rickets19494288
Suffering from Wasting76131207
Difficult Nutrition240112352
Suffering from other Diseases9354531,388
Referred to own private Doctors6890158
Referred to Hospitals11759176
Health Talks given by Nurses6043103
Visits paid by Nursei:— To expectant Mothers330129459
To Infants under one year2,5351,2453,780
To Children aged 1.5 years1,5011,2302,731
Total Visits paid by Nurses4,3662,6046,970