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MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
The following extract from a statement required by the Ministry of Health
showing the arrangements made by the Council and by Voluntary Associations
providing Maternity and Child Welfare services in respect of which the Council
pay contributions under section 101 of the Local Government Act, 1929, or otherwise,
contains much useful information on the work of this section. Tables 20
(page 26) and 21 (page 29) give further particulars of the work done at the various
clinic centres during the year.
Statement Showing Arrangements Made for Maternity and Child Welfare.
Number of births notified in the area during the year under section 255 of
the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, as adjusted by any transferred
notifications: (a) Live births, 833; (b) Still-births, 29; (c) Total, *862;
(d) By midwives, 175; (e) By doctors and parents, 72; (f) By hospitals, 347;
(g) By nursing homes, 64; (h) inward transfers, 204.*
*The total of the figures given under (d), (e), (f), (g) and (h) agree with the
figure under (c).
Health Visiting.
(i) Number of officers employed for health visiting at the end of the
year: (a) by the Council, 8; (b) by voluntary associations, 2.
(ii) Equivalent of whole time services devoted by the whole staff to health
visiting (including attendance at infant welfare centres): (a) in the
case of health visitors employed by the Council, 6½; (b) in the case of
health visitors employed by voluntary associations, 2.
(iii) Number of visits paid during the year by all health visitors: (a) To
expectant mothers, first visits, †349; total visits, 706. (b) To children
under 1 year of age, first visits, †1627; total visits, 4,428. (c) To children
between the ages of 1 and 5 years, total visits, 7,153.
†Excluding cases which are known to have previously been visited in another
district.
Infant Welfare Centres.
(a) Number of centres provided and maintained by the Council, 4
(including a three year old pre-school clinic).
(b) Number of centres provided and maintained by voluntary
tions, 3.
(c) Total number of attendances at all centres during the year: (i) By
children under 1 year of age, 11,011 (7,709 St. Marylebone residents);
(ii) By children between the ages of 1 and 5 years, 9,082 (6,785 St.
Marylebone residents).
(d) Total number of children who attended at the centres for the first time
during the year and who, on the date of their first attendance,
were: (i) Under 1 year of age, *687 (484 St. Marylebone residents)
(ii) between the ages of 1 and 5 years, 213 (199 St. Marylebone
residents).
*Excluding children who are known to have previously attended a centre in
another district.