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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bexley 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE WORK DONE.
| Year | Registered | No. of Health Visitors | Visits made to :— | Centres (Children) | % of Births | Centres (Ante-natal) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expectant Mothers | Children under 1 | Children 1 to 5 | No. of Attendances | First Attenders | Attendances | No. of Expectant Mothers | % of Births | |||||||||
| Live Births | Still Births | |||||||||||||||
| First | Total | First | Total | Under 1 | 1 to 5 | Under 1 | 1 to 5 | |||||||||
| 1939 | 1423 | 41 | *7 | 447 | 691 | 1323 | 5142 | 9798 | 17210 | 8162 | 1149 | 399 | 80.7 | 3715 | 638 | 44.8 |
| 1940 | 1279 | 32 | 7 | 487 | 792 | 1108 | 4739 | 10277 | 13279 | 6331 | 1084 | 381 | 86.6 | 2036 | 584 | 44.8 |
| 1941 | 1145 | 35 | 7 | 518 | 855 | 797 | 3707 | 8635 | 13126 | 6784 | 1109 | 385 | 96.9 | 3762 | 745 | 63.1 |
| 1942 | 1469 | 38 | 7 | 636 | 1109 | 1440 | 4445 | 8242 | 17740 | 7349 | 1322 | 467 | 90.0 | 5769 | 981 | 65.0 |
| 1943 | 1384 | 29 | 7 | 716 | 975 | 1664 | 4444 | 5995 | 21321 | 8419 | 1059 | 368 | 76.5 | 5835 | 859 | 60.7 |
| 1944 | 1498 | 30 | †8 | 604 | 865 | 1491 | 4163 | 5089 | 19240 | 7649 | 1298 | 191 | 84.9 | 5479 | 926 | 60.6 |
| 1945 | 1413 | 31 | 8 | 664 | 884 | 1519 | 4722 | 6174 | 20866 | 9245 | 1426 | 253 | 100.9 | 5403 | 851 | 58.9 |
| 1946 | 1695 | 41 | 8 | 692 | 996 | 1912 | 5371 | 7033 | 23961 | 9166 | 1526 | 256 | 90.0 | 6532 | 922 | 53.9 |
* 6 for 2 months,
† for quarter of year.