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The medical practitioners in the area were notified of
these facilities. Up to the end of December, 1932, however,
only one patient had received treatment under this scheme.
These arrangements should ultimately prove to be an
important factor in reducing the number of maternal deaths
occurring among Wimbledon mothers.
Home Visitation.—The record of home visitation work
carried out by the Health Visitors during 1932 is as follows:
Number of births notified 645
„ „ „ registered 600
„ „ „ visited 562
„ „ „ re-visited—under 1 yr 811
—over 1 yr 1,172
„ „ visits to Ophthalmia cases 24
„ „ expectant mothers visited 107
„ „ re-visits to expectant mothers 58
„ „ ineffectual visits 1,108
„ „ special visits 908
Total welfare visits 4,750
„ „ school visits (half-day) 215
„ „ visits to parents of school
children 372
„ „ Tuberculosis visits 84
„ „ Puerperal Fever visits 4
„ „ visits re Children Act, 1908 178
853
Total of all visits ... 5,603

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