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East Ham 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Ante-natal clinics (whether held at Infant Welfare Centres or at other
premises) :—
(a) Number of clinics provided and maintained by the Council, 1.
(b) Number of clinics provided and maintained by Voluntary Associations,
Nil.
(c) Total number of attendances by expectant mothers at all clinics
during the year, 763.
(d) Total number of expectant mothers who attended at the clinics
during the year, 231.
(e) Percentage of total notified births (live and still) represented by the
number in (d) 10.7%.
Number of women (if any) sent by the Council during the year to
Maternity Institutions, 120.
| Disease. | Number of cases notified during the year. | Number of cases visited by officers of the Council. | Number of cases for whom home nursing was provided by the Council. | Number of cases removed to hospitals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | - | - | - | |
| - | ||||
| - | ||||
| — | ||||
Home Nursing.
(а) Number of nurses employed at the end of the year for the nursing
of expectant mothers and children under 5 years of age, maternity
nursing, or the nursing of puerperal fever :
(i) by the Council, Nil.
(ii) by Voluntary Associations, Nil.
(б) Total number of cases attended during the year by these nurses,
Nil.