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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

Leyton 1949

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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58
SECTION 22
CARE OF MOTHERS AND YOUNG CHILDREN.

Table: Births.1,630 births were registered during the year :—

Births.

1,630 births were registered during the year :—

Males.Females.Total.
Legitimate8297431,572
Illegitimate342458
8637671,630

Table: The birth rate per 1,000 of the population was thus 15.27. 1,694 notifications of births were received during the year:—

The birth rate per 1,000 of the population was thus 15.27. 1,694 notifications of births were received during the year:—

From medical practitioners290
From midwives1,404

Table: Ante-Natal Clinics.Attendances .—

Ante-Natal Clinics.

Attendances .—

First Attendances.Subsequent Attendances.Total.
7541,3452,099

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The average number in attendance at the Ante-Natal Clinics
held at the Council's three Centres during 1949 was 14.27 per session.
The number of home visits made by health visitors to expectant
mothers during the year was 128.
Child Welfare Clinics.
On page 59 will be found a Table giving detailed information
regarding the attendances of infants and children at the child
welfare clinics during the last three years.