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Nursery during 1958:—
No. on Register
Average
daily attendances
January
51
36.4
February
51
42.2
March
49
40.7
April
47
39.3
May
46
40.0
June
46
35.1
July
48
35.8
August
44
33.4
September
46
38.3
October
50
38.1
November
45
36.8
December
42
33.4
Nursery and Child Minders' Regulation Act
There arc no registered Child minders in the Borough.
midwifery
Five midwives continued to practice in the district, including
two under the auspices of the Queen's Nurses, until November
when Miss E. A. Ashton retired. Her district was absorbed by the
remaining four midwives.
District Midwives undertook the confinement of 231 patients
which represented 25% of Che births occurring in the Borough.
Supervision of Midwives
Dr. M. I. damson continued as Medical Supervisor of Midwives
and Miss D. Riseley, Matron of the Barking Hospital, continued
to act as Non-medical Supervisor of Midwives.
health VISITING
The following statistics relate to the work of health visitors.
HEALTH VISITING 1957 1958
No. of visits to Expectant Mothers 1,345 1,266
No. of visits to Children under five 10,184 9,251
No. of other visits 4,418 5,712
No. of Non-Access visits 2,487 2,270
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