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6. Child Welfare:—
Total number of children
who first attended Centres
during the year who at
their first attendance were
under one year 1,062
7. Other Special Services:—
Dental, Ryes, Ears, Skin, Chiropody and
Orthopaedics.
(c) Maternal Mortality.
One Barking woman died owing to or in consequence
of pregnancy or childbirth during 1944. There
were two such deaths in the year 1943.
The Maternal Mortality Rate for
1944 is 0.77
This rate is the ratio between the number of births
and the number of women who died in childbirth,
expressed as " so many " per thousand.
3. Social Conditions.
(a) Social Services.
Your Social Services cover a very wide field and
are extensively used by the public, which in itself
gives a true indication of their popularity, necessity
and efficiency.
d