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Maternity and Child Welfare.
Return (1) showing the arrangements made for maternity and child
welfare by the Council and by Voluntary Associations providing maternity
and child welfare services in respect of which the Council pay contributions
under Section 101 of the Local Government Act, 1929, or otherwise ; and (2)
giving particulars of the work done during the year 1932.
Population of the area served by the Council : 142,800 (estimated middle
1931).
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, 2,062 ; (b) Still births, 86 ; (c) Total, 2,148 ; (d) By
midwives, 796; (e) By doctors and parents, 1,352.
Health Visiting.
(i) Number of officers employed for health visiting at the end of the
year:—
(a) by the Council, 7.
(b) by Voluntary Associations, Nil.
(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, 7.
(b) in the case of Health Visitors employed by Voluntary
Associations, Nil.
(iii) Number of visits paid during the year by all Health Visitors :—
(a) To expectant mothers—First visits, 218 ; total visits, 270.
(b) To children under 1 year of age—First visits, 2,008 ; total
visits, 7,458.
(c) To children between the ages of 1 and 5 years—Total visits,
11,930.
Infant Welfare Centres.
(а) Number of centres provided and maintained by the Council, 5.
(b) Number of centres provided and maintained by Voluntary Associations,
Nil.
(c) Total number of attendances at all centres during the year :—
(i) By children under 1 year of age 18,592.
(ii) By children between the ages of 1 and 5 years, 12,743.
(d) Total number of children who attended at the centres for the first
time during the year :—
(i) Children under 1 year of age, 1,429.
(ii) Children between the ages of 1 and 5 years, 505.
(e) Total number of children who were in attendance at the Centres at
the end of the year :—
(i) Children under 1 year of age 1,104.
(ii) Children between the ages of 1 and 5 years, 2,538.
(/) Percentage of notified live births represented by the number in
(d) (i), 69.3%.