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Enfield 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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TABLE 13
MIDWIFERY
Midwives who Notified their intention to Practise within the Borough during 1966
| Domiciliary | Institutional | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employed by the Borough | In Private Practice | Hospitals | Nursing Homes | Total |
TABLE 14
MIDWIFERY
Care of Premature Infants
| Premature Babies Born and Nursed at Home | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Premature Babies Born at Home | Number | Died during first 24 hours | Survived to end of 28 days |
| 46 | 38 | 0 | 38 |
TABLE 15
HEALTH VISITING
Visits to Homes made by Health Visitors
| * Number of Visits | ||
|---|---|---|
| Home Visits to: | First Visits | Total Visits |
| Expectant Mothers | 831 | 1,305 |
| Children born in 1966 | 4,340 | 10,708 |
| born in 1965 | 3,539 | 9,108 |
| born in 1961-64 | 5,387 | 13,682 |
| Persons aged 65 years and over | 367 | 1,712 |
| Mentally Disordered Persons | 20 | 106 |
| Patients discharged from Hospitals (other than Mental and Maternity) | 24 | 41 |
| Infectious disease Households | 23 | 31 |
| Miscellaneous | 224 | 454 |
| TOTALS | 14,755 | 37,147 |
| * This Table excludes visits by Tuberculosis Health Visitors. | ||
>TABLE 16
HOME NURSING
Work Undertaken by the Home Nurses
| Number of Visits | Number of Patients | Number of Patients under the age of 5 years | Number of Patients aged 65 years or over | Number of Visits of over one hour duration included in the Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 109,228 | 2,864 | 37 | 1,892 | 2,264 |