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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
Finchley 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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GENERAL HEALTH
SERVICES
The following services are administered by the Middlesex
County Council :
(a) Maternity and Child Welfare (from 5th July, 1948).
(b) School Health Service (from 1st April, 1945).
(a) Maternity and Child Welfare
Infant Welfare Centres
There are 4 Infant Welfare Centres at which 10 sessions are held weekly.
| Attendances of children | Total Attendances | Seen by Doctors | Average Attendances per session | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Under 1 | Over 1 | |||
| 1947 | 18,290 | 7,575 | 25,865 | 6,067 | 71 |
| 1948 | 17,530 | 10,632 | 28,162 | 6,232 | 63 |
Antenatal Clinic
Four sessions are held each week at the Health Centre, Oak
Lane.
Seven hundred and thirty-four mothers attended the antenatal
clinic in 1948 as compared with 882 in 1947.
The number of women attending represented 66.3 per cent. of the total notified births.
| Year | No. of expectant mothers attended | No. of attendances |
|---|---|---|
| 1947 | 882 | 4,226 |
| 1948 | 734 | 3,460 |
Domiciliary Midwifery
There are 4 Municipal Midwives all of whom are trained in
the administration of analgesia.
During the year they attended 132 cases as Midwives and 23
as Maternity Nurses.
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