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(Form M.C.W. 96 revised)
Maternity and Child Welfare.
Return (1) showing the arrangements made for maternity and child welfare Maternity
by the Council and by Voluntary Associations providing maternity and child and Child
welfare services in respect of which the Council pay contributions under Section services
101 of the Local Government Act, 1929, or otherwise; and (2) giving particulars
of the work done during the year 1935.
1.—Population of the area served by the Council:—211,500.
2.—Number of births notified in that area during the year under the Notification
of Births Act, 1907, as adjusted by any transferred notifications:
(a) Live births, 3,088. (b) Still births, 90. (c) Total, 3,178.
(d) By midwives, 2,818. (e) By doctors and parents, 360.
3.—Health Visiting.
(i) Number of officers employed for health visiting at the end of the year:
(a) by the Council 10.
(b) by Voluntary Associations, 15.
(ii) Equivalent of whole-time services devoted by the whole staff to health
visiting (including attendance at infant welfare centres):—
(a) in the case of Health Visitors employed by the Council, 10.
(b) in the case of Health Visitors employed by Voluntary Associations,
14.5.
(iii) Number of visits paid during the year by all Health Visitors:—
(a) to expectant mothers:—First visits, 1,338. Total visits, 2,060.
(b) to children under 1 year of age:—First visits, 2,796. Total
visits, 19,810.
(c) to children between the ages of 1 and 5 years:—Total visits,
37,491.
4.—Infant Welfare Centres.
(a) Number of Centres provided and maintained by the Council, 7.
(b) Number of Centres provided and maintained by Voluntary
tions, 9.
(c) Total number of attendances at all Centres during the year:—
(i) by children under 1 year of age, 32,765.
(ii) by children between the ages of 1 and 5 years, 23,187.
(d) Total number of children who first attended at the Centres during the
year and who, on the date of their first attendance, were :
(i) under 1 year of age, 2,396.
(ii) between the ages of 1 and 5 years, 397.
(e) Total number of children under 5 years who attended at the Centres
during the year and who, at the end of the year, were :
(i) under 1 year of age, 2,320.
(ii) over 1 year of age, 3,847.