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Maternity and Child Welfare
1947 1946
1. Notification of live births (corrected) 1,199 1,117
Notification of still births (corrected) 29 22
2. Ante-Natal Clinic
Attendances:
New cases registered 541 571
Total attendances—ante-natal 2,764 2,502
Total attendances—post-natal 92 132
Cases Attended by Municipal Midwives
As midwives 297 282
As maternity nurses 61 29
Total 358 311
4. 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 9
Essex County Hospital, Wanstead 234
Cases were also admitted to Queen Mary's Hospital, Stratford (5),
Forest Gate Maternity Hospital (4), and the Mothers' Hospital, Clapton (1).
5. Private Nursing Homes
759 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. Four Home Helps were
employed, a total of 24 cases being attended.
7. Infant Welfare Centres
The following attendances were recorded:—
1947 1946
Children under 1 year of age. 19,073 13,142
Children between 1 and 5 years 4,361 3,918
23,434 17,060
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 two Daily Guardians looked after three children.
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