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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

Walthamstow 1946

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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CONFINEMENTS
The following table shows the location of confinements for
1946 and the previous eight years.

Table: CONFINEMENTS

CONFINEMENTS

193819391940194119421943194419451946
Thorpe Coombe Maternity Hospital6915957206456958919079951,247
Other Hospitals and Maternity Homes . .437322203104242236257226442
Total in Hospital1,1289179237499371,1271,1641,2211,689
DistrictMunicipal303299364155284293266157350
W.D.N.A168162164142222205203178336
W.D.N.A. (Private)565680204930431231
W.D.N.A. Total224218244162271235246190367
Total on District527517608317555528512347717
Grand Totals1,6551,4341,5311,0661,4921,6551,6761,5682,406
Births Registered1,6171,6061,5751,3041,7181,8281,9151,7302,544

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The discrepancy in the last two lines is due to births in the reception areas, and to births not falling
into the above headings.