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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

Enfield 1969

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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Table: TABLE 12 MIDWIFERYMidwives who Notified their intention to Practise within the Borough during 1969

TABLE 12 MIDWIFERY

Midwives who Notified their intention to Practise within the Borough during 1969

DomiciliaryInstitutional
Employed by the BoroughIn Private PracticeHospitalsNursing HomesTotal
25—126—151

Table: TABLE 13 MIDWIFERY Care of Premature Infants

TABLE 13 MIDWIFERY Care of Premature Infants

Number of Premature Babies Born at HomePremature Babies Born and Nursed at Home
NumberDied during first 24 hoursSurvived to end of 28 days
4138—37

Table: TABLE 14 HEALTH VISITING Visits to Homes by Health Visitors

TABLE 14 HEALTH VISITING Visits to Homes by Health Visitors

Home Visits to :* Number of Visits
First VisitsTotal Visits
Expectant Mothers1,0691,746
Children born in 19693,77311,784
born in 19683,6289,561
born in 1964.678,73119,824
Persons aged 65 years and over1,0663,080
Mentally Disordered Persons64262
Patients discharged from Hospitals (other than Mental and Maternity)193249
Infectious disease Households3644
Miscellaneous9722,260
TOTALS19,53248,810
* This Table excludes visits by Tuberculosis Health Visitors.

Table: TABLE 15 HOME NURSING Work Undertaken by the Home Nurses

TABLE 15 HOME NURSING Work Undertaken by the Home Nurses

Number of VisitsNumber of PatientsNumber of Patients under the age of 5 yearsNumber of Patients aged 65 years or overNumber of Visits of over one hour duration included in the Total
121,8423,7331202,274968