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Maternity and Child Welfare Work.
During 1923 the record of Home Visitation work was as
follows:—
Number of births notified 707
„ „ „ registered 838
Number of births visited 570
„ „ „ revisited—under 1 yr.2,957
„ „ » „ —over 1 yr. 3,040
„ „ Still Births and Deaths 22
„ „ Ophthalmia cases visited 5
„ „ Expectant mothers visited 151
,, „ revisits to expectant mothers 83
„ „ ineffectual visits 667
„ „ Special visits 546
Total welfare visits 8,041
Number of tuberculosis visits ... 74
„ „ school visits (half-day)... 172
„ „ visits to parents of
school children ... 94
340
8,381
The number of infants visited in each "Ward was as follows :
Wimbledon Park 6
St. Mary's 3
St. John's 17
Cottenham Park 18
Dundonald 83
Trinity 232
South Park 29
Haydons Park 182
570
Breast fed on first visit 470
Artificially fed on first visit 47
Mixed feeding „ „ „ 53
The record of the work carried out at the Centres is given
on p. 18.
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