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Hornsey 1943

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

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MATERNITY STATISTICS. Ante-Natal, Natal and Post-Natal.

MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE WORK. 1943.

Nature of Work.Centres.Totals.
No. 1.No. 2.No. 3.No. 4.
Number of Children's sessions held24612712676575
,, ante-natal sessions held150605022282
Number of individual Mothers seen by Doctor:— Ante natal, New cases40820818869873
,, Old cases1,4297195872532,988
Post-natal. New cases9754473201
„ Old cases197141959
1,9539888363444,121
Total attendances of Mothers2,8971,0309283795,234
Number of babies attending Centres for first time: Under 1 year5265722261261,450
1 3 years751503817280
3—5 „262219976
Number of individual babies on Centre registers at end of 19431,4457205422662,973
Babies seen by Doctor4,5612,6458695418,616
Attendances of babies at medical consultations5,9516,8791,29955014,679
Total attendances of babies at Centres: Under 1 year9,4935,0022,6771,90719,079
1—3 years4,1391,7757592446,917
3—5 „654303164601,181
Referred to own private doctors2316113282
Referred to hospitals109223921191
Visits paid by nurses:—First visitsTotal visitsFirst visitsTotal visitsFirst visitsTotal visitsFirst VisitsTotal VisitsGrand First visitsTotals Total visits
To expectant mothers831536077561803359232469
To infants under one year6032,2182033932759071793061,2603,824
To children aged 1-5 years942,7899835945452171322543,732
Total visits7805,1603618293761,5392294971,7468,025
CHILD LIFE PROTECTION— Visits paid to Foster Children711897785353029278

RECORD OF WORK OF MUNICIPAL MIDWIVES, 1943.

Miss AndrewsMiss HughesMist MatthewsMrs. ThompsonMrs. JamisonMiss JonesTotal
Confinements attended1641091096121464
Ante-natal Clinics attended7469455029267
do. visits659283222184911,439
Post-natal visits1,8591,4531,4899241,5472757,547