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Barnes 1940

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]

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Table: MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.Table 33.— H ome-Visiting.

MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.

Table 33.— H ome-Visiting.

A summary of the work performed by the three Health Visitors during the year is given below:—
Visits to expectant mothers566
First visits to newly-born infants304
Revisits to infants under 1 year2,562
Visits to children aged 1 to 5 years4,096
Visits in connection with Council's scheme for the supply of milk574
Still-birth inquiries4
Special visits to cases of measles117
,, „ ,, „ ,, whooping cough6
,, ,, ,, ,, ,, pneumonia22
Visits to foster children112
Visits in connection with infectious diseases other than those above specified1,225
Total visits9,588

Table: Table 34.—Notification of Births.

Table 34.—Notification of Births.

(a) Registered in Borough:—Live BirthsStill Births,Totals.
Number of births registered during 1940 as occurring in the Borough2858293
Number of such births not notified in accordance with the Public Health Act, 1936, Part VII4-4
(b) Notified.
Number of births, live and still, notified during the year—
by medical practitioners11
by midwives258
by other persons4
Total notified273
Number of still-births notified during the year7
Percentage of still-births to total births occurring in the Borough2.6

Table: Table 35—Institutional Confinements.

Table 35—Institutional Confinements.

In institutions within the Borough91
In registered maternity homes91
In institutions outside the Borough99
In general hospitals13
In maternity hospitals24
In Public Health County hospitals28
In Public Assistance institutions23
In maternity homes11
Total190
Number of above institutional confinements arranged through the Borough Ante-natal Clinic32