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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 1922

[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 1922.

TABLE H.

MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE WORK DONE DURING THE YEAR 1922.

Nature of Work.Centres. No. 1. No. 2.Total.
Number of Sessions held199100299
Number of Ante-natal Sessions held39746
Number of Mothers seen by Doctor:— Ante-natal32371394
Post-natal8552921,147
Number of Babies entered on Register:—
During Year624267891
Maximum Number of Babies on Register:—
During any one month9714331,404
Number of Babies seen by Doctor4,8772,3727,249
Number of Babies weighed7,7373,56211,299
Children Normal—general advice given1,5691,1422,711
Suffering from incorrect feeding348209557
Suffering from Rickets13584219
Suffering from Wasting44122166
Difficult Nutrition401226627
Suffering from other Diseases9673321,299
Referred to own private Doctors4756103
Referred to Hospitals20671277
Health Talks given by Nurses5847105
Visits paid by Nurses:—
To expectant Mothers324151475
To Infants under one year2,6421,3624,004
To Children aged 1-5 years1,8951,5103,405
Total Visits paid by Nurses4,8613,0237,884