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Edmonton 1946

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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The following information gives details of the Maternity and Child Welfare
Clinics at the end of 1946:—
(1) Ante-Natal Clinic at Brookfield House, Fore Street (adjoining
the Town Hall). Six sessions weekly.
(2) Child Welfare Centres:—
(a) Brookfield House. Three sessions weekly.
(b) Methodist Church Hall, Bush Hill Park. Two sessions
weekly.
(c) St. Edmund's Church Hall. Two sessions weekly.
(d) Weir Hall. Two sessions weekly.
(e) St. John's. One session weekly.
(3) Post-Natal and Advisory Clinic at Brookfield House. One
session weekly.
(4) Dental Clinic at Croyland Road School Clinic and transferred
to Pymmes Park Clinic, August, 1947. Two sessions weekly.
(5) Orthopaedic Clinic at Methodist Central Hall, Fore Street. Two
sessions weekly.
(6) Obstetric Surgeon attends once a fortnight at Brookfield House.
The following information will give some indication as to the work carried
out by the Department during the year 1946 :—

Table: Births.The total number of births notified during 1946 was as follows:—

Births.

The total number of births notified during 1946 was as follows:—

Live births notified by midwives2,699
,, ,, ,, ,, doctors and parents84
Still-births ,, ,, midwives141
„ „ „ doctors2
2,926

Table: These figures include births which have taken place in the North Middlesex County Hospital, both of Edmonton and non-Edmonton residents ; excluding these latter the notified births of Edmonton residents are:—

These figures include births which have taken place in the North Middlesex County Hospital, both of Edmonton and non-Edmonton residents ; excluding these latter the notified births of Edmonton residents are:—

Live births notified by midwives1,420
„ ,, ,, „ doctors and parents81
Still-births „ ,, midwives33
„ „ „ doctors2
1,536
Number of live Edmonton babies born in outlying institutions431
Number of still-born Edmonton babies born in outlying institutions4
435

Table: The following table includes births of Edmonton residents and thoseborn and registered in other districts:-

The following table includes births of Edmonton residents and thoseborn and registered in other districts:-

Male.Female.Total.
Live Births10049131,917
Still-births271845
10319311,962