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Barnes 1943

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]

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Table: Table 34.—Notification of Births.

Table 34.—Notification of Births.

(a) Registered in Borough :—Live Births.Still Births.Totals.
Number of births registered during 1943 as occurring in the Borough50312515
Number of such births not notified in accordance with the Public Health Act, 1936, Part VII3912
(b) Notified.
Number of births, live and still, notified during the year— by medical practitioners14
by midwives485
by other persons—
Total notified499
Number of still-births notified during the year12
Percentage of still-births to total births occurring in the Borough2*4

Table: Table 35—Institutional Confinements.

Table 35—Institutional Confinements.

In institutions within the Borough..226
In registered maternity homes226
In institutions outside the Borough..250
In general hospitals27
In maternity hospitals78
In Public Health County hospitals72
In Public Assistance institutions42
In maternity homes31
Total476

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Number of above institutional confinements arranged
through the Borough Ante-natal Clinic 120

Table: MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE CENTRES. Table 36—Ante-Natal Clinic.

MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE CENTRES. Table 36—Ante-Natal Clinic.

Year 1942Year 1943
Total number of expectant mothers attending Borough ante-natal Clinic during the year415369
Number of new cases attending for first time and included in total number302308
Number of attendances made by all mothers8421,001
Percentage of expectant mothers of total notified births attending Borough Clinic73161-7

Table: Table 37—Infant-Welfare Clinics.—Attendances.

Table 37—Infant-Welfare Clinics.—Attendances.

YearYear
1942.1943,
New Cases :— Infants under 1 year388491
Children 1 to 5 years168141
Total556632