Table: TABLE HMATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE WORKDONE DURING THE YEAR 1923.
TABLE H
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE WORK
DONE DURING THE YEAR 1923.
| Nature of Work. | Centres. | Totals. |
|---|
| No. 1. | No. 2. |
|---|
| Number of Sessions held | 206 | 98 | 304 |
| Number of Ante-natal Sessions held | 40 | 15 | 55 |
| Number of Mothers seen by Doctor : Ante-natal | 469 | 156 | 625 |
| Post-natal | 771 | 260 | 1,031 |
| Number of Babies entered on Register:— | | | |
| During Year | 619 | 267 | 886 |
| Maximum Number of Babies on Register:— | | | |
| During any one month | 1,022 | 447 | 1,469 |
| Number of Babies seen by Doctor | 5,181 | 2,247 | 7,428 |
| Number of Babies weighed | 9,270 | 3,569 | 12,839 |
| Children Normal — general advice given | 1,986 | 1,028 | 3,014 |
| Suffering from incorrect feeding | 353 | 237 | 590 |
| Difficult Nutrition | 301 | 271 | 572 |
| Suffering from Rickets | 122 | 62 | 184 |
| Suffering from Wasting | 30 | 43 | 73 |
| Suffering from other Diseases | 530 | 438 | 968 |
| Referred to own private Doctors | 51 | 34 | 85 |
| \ Referred to Hospitals | 200 | 70 | 270 |
| Health Talks given by Nurses | 46 | 44 | 90 |
| Lectures by M.O.H. to parents | 2 | — | 2 |
| First Visits | Total Visits | First Visits | Total Visits | First Visits | Total Visits |
| Visits paid by Nurses:— | | | | | | |
| To expectant Mothers | 136 | 273 | 59 | 154 | 195 | 427 |
| To Infants under one year | 716 | 2,789 | 361 | 2,035 | 1,077 | 4,824 |
| To Children aged 1-5 years | 104 | 1,775 | 58 | 1,910 | 162 | 3,685 |
| Total Visits paid by Nurses | | 4,837 | | 4,099 | | 8,936 |
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