Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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Health Visitor: Miss J. Macpherson.
Clinics : —
Fridays: 2-4 p.m. (Dr. Abbott).
2nd Fridays: (Ante-natal) 10-12 a.m. (Dr. Abbott).
Sub-Centre at Coldfall School,
serving the Council's Coppetts Road Estate.
Health Visitor (part time): Miss F. Ross.
Clinics: —
1st and 3rd Fridays: 10-12 a.m. (Dr. Abbott).
4th Friday: (Ante-natal), 10-12 a.m. (Dr. Abbott).
Table I. on page 52 gives a statistical record of the work
done at the Centres and by the Borough Midwife.
Midwifery.
The Municipal Midwife attended 145 births. A reduction
of her fee was made in 32 necessitous cases. Eleven hundred
and twenty-five births have been attended by the Midwife since
the appointment was first made in 1922.
X-Ray Treatment.
Three expectant mothers were sent to University College
Hospital from the Ante-natal Clinic for examination.
Milk—Mothers and Children Order.
Six hundred and eighty-one applications for milk under this
Order were dealt with during the year, of which 664 were granted
and 17 were refused.