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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 1947
[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 S
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
1069
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
9246
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
1947
1641
36
8
666
960
1692
5831
8924
26108
7646
1638
218
97.7
6535
987
58.8
* 6 for 2 months,
71/2 for quarter of year.