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The total number of premature babies notified,
who were born:— t
(a) At Home 11.
(b) In Hospital 29.
(i) The number of those born at home:—
(a) Who were nursed entirely at home 11.
(b) Who died during the first 24 hours Nil.
(c) Who survived at the end of one month 10.
(ii) The number of those born in Hospital:—
(a) Who died during the first 24 hours 2.
(b) Who survived at the end of one month 27.
Total from 1st January, 1945, to the 31st December,
1945. 40. This figure includes 17 outward transfers.
Care of Illegitimate Children.
The agreement with Oakhurst Diocesan Home,
Erith, to make contribution towards the maintenance of
unmarried mothers admitted to the home, continued
throughout the year. Two such cases were admitted.
Maternity and Nursing Homes.
Of the 444 births, 312 occurred at institutions, of
these 143 at the Russell-Stoneham Memorial Hospital
and 103 at the Uartford County Hospital.
Health Visiting.
Infant Deaths and Still Births are investigated by
the Health Visitor.
First visits are paid to Live Births on the
fourteenth day and continued monthly during the firs,t
year. Two monthly visits are paid during the second
year. Three monthly visits continue until the child
reaches the age of five years.
Visits to children under one year 5;300
Visits to children between one and five years 6,316
Visits to Expectant Mothers 402
Total 12,018
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