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Hornsey 1944

[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, 1944.

Nature of Work.Centres.Totals.
Town HallBurgoyne HallChurch RoadColdfall
Number of Children's sessions held2349110355483
,, ante-natal sessions held133564045274
Number of individual Mothers seen by Doctor:—
Ante-natal, New cases456172162108898
,, Old cases1,8366023494043,191
Post-natal. New cases6668554193
,, Old cases10003747
2.3688425665534,329
Total attendances of Mothers2,8898286137045,034
Number of babies attending Centres for first time : Under 1 year5522692201841,225
1—3 years48167826163
3—5 „12822648
Number of individual babies on Centre registers at end of 19441,4456834703252,923
Babies seen by Doctor3,9891,9035716057,068
Attendances of babies at medical consultations6,6824,44172660512,454
Total attendances of babies at Centres : Under 1 year7,1483,3451,8041,75614,053
1—3 years3,2219254423304,918
3-5 „52717110148847
Referred to own private doctors216154183
Referred to hospitals61153737150
Visits paid by nurses:—Firat visitsTotal visitsFirst visitsTotal visitsFirst visitsTotal visitsFirst VisitsTotal visitsGrand First visitsTotals Total visit
To expectant mothers98179658533985065246427
To infants under one year5921,7861793712131,1391964671,1803,763
To children aged 1-5 years3632,81213744735556224315574,246
Total visits1,0534,7773819032811,7932689631,9838.436
CHILD LIRE PROTECTION— Visits paid to Foster Children101002315313512435312

RECORD OF WORK OF MUNICIPAL MIDWIVES, 1944.

MidwifeConfinements attendedAnte-natal Clinics attendedAnte-natal visitsPost-natal visits
Miss Andrews115424621,428
Miss Hughes74752071,091
Miss Matthews8141238999
Mrs. Thompson2726108371
Miss Jones60482791,002
Miss Buckeridge81725128
Mrs. Jamison-1,143