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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 1924

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

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Table: TABLE J.MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE WORK DONE DURING THE YEAR 1924.

TABLE J.

MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE WORK DONE DURING THE YEAR 1924.

Nature of Work.Centres.Totals.
No. 1.No. 2.
Number of Sessions held200102302
Number of Ante-natal Sessions held452267
Number of Mothers seen by Doctor:
Antenatal520218738
Post-natal7542971,051
Number of Babies entered on Register :—
During Year7432681,011
Maximum Number of Babies on Register:—
During any one month1,0984541,552
Number of BabieB seen by Doctor5,9132,8218,734
Number of Babies weighed9,9253,94713,872
Children Normal — general advice given2,0889983,086
Suffering from incorrect feeding298259557
Difficult Nutrition398242640
Suffering from Rickets11356169
Suffering from Wasting265379
Suffering from other Diseases7185391,257
Referred to own private Doctors445195
Referred to Hospitals191111302
Health Talks given by Nurses283765
First VisitsTotal VisitsFirst VisitsTotal VisitsFirst VisitsTotalVisits
Visits paid by Nurses : —
To expectant Mothers14026449161189425
To Infants under one year7072,1283561,9081,0634,036
To Children aged 1-5 years461,691441,833903,524
Total Visits paid by Nurses4,0833,9027,985