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Maternity and Child Welfare
1946
1945
1. Notification of live births (corrected)
1,117
759
Notification of still births (corrected)
22
15
2. Ante-Natal Clinic.
1946
1945
Attendances:
New cases registered
571
336
Total attendances—ante-natal
2,502
1,469
Total attendances—post-natal
132
3. Cases Attended by Municipal Midwives.
1946
1945
As midwives
282
170
As maternity nurses
29
28
Total
311
198
Institutional Provision for Maternity Cases.
By kind arrangement with the County Medical Officer, Essex County
Council, cases were admitted to hospital for confinement as shown below:—
St. John's Hospital, Chelmsford 85
St. Margaret's Hospital, Epping 7
Essex County Hospital, Wanstead 7
Oldchurch Hospital, Romford 4
Orsett Lodge Hospital 2
St. Peter's Hospital, Maldon 2
Writtle Park Maternity Hospital 1
Cases were also admitted to Queen Mary's Hospital, Stratford (15),
and Forest Gate Maternity Hospital (16).
5. Private Nursing Homes.
1,014 infants were born in Private Nursing Homes situated in the
Borough; the majority of these cases belong to areas outside the Borough.
6. Home Help Scheme.
Difficulty has been experienced in finding suitable women to act as
Home Helps for persons being confined at home. Three Home Helps were
ployed, a total of 29 cases being attended.
7. Infant Welfare Centres.
The following attendances were recorded:— 1946 1945
Children under 1 year of age 13,142 7,206
Children between 1 and 5 years 3,918 3,652
8. Daily Guardians.
The scheme previously operated in conjunction with the Ministry of
Labour terminated on 31st March, 1946. Since the termination of hostilities
it has become increasingly difficult to obtain suitable Daily Guardians.
During the year seven Daily Guardians looked after seven children.
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