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Hounslow 1965

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hounslow]

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Table: Table 15 Ante-natal and post-natal clinics

Table 15 Ante-natal and post-natal clinics

Number of Clinics provided at end of 19657
Number of sessions held by Medical Officers361
Midwives51
Total412
Number of women who attended in 1965
Ante-natal800
Post-natal130
Total number of attendances made by women shown above
Ante-natal2939
Post-natal132

Table: Table 16 Ante-natal mothercraft and relaxation classes

Table 16 Ante-natal mothercraft and relaxation classes

Number of women who attended during 1965
a. Institutionally booked345
b. Domiciliary booked102
Total447
Total number of attendances during 19652390

Table: Table 17 Care of premature infantsNumber of premature babies born alive to mothers normally resident in the Borough, but excluding babies born in maternity homes or hospitals in the National Health Service

Table 17 Care of premature infants

Number of premature babies born alive to mothers normally resident in the Borough, but excluding babies born in maternity homes or hospitals in the National Health Service

Born at home or in a private nursing homeBorn at home or in a private nursing home and nursed entirely at home, or in a private nursing home
number borndied during first 24 hourssurvived to end of 28 days
2322—21

Table: Table 18 Child welfare centres

Table 18 Child welfare centres

Number of centres in use at end of 1965*11
Number of Child Welfare Sessions held by Medical officers1322
Health visitors53
Hospital medical staff52
Total1427
Number of children who attended during the year and who were born in
19652992
19642439
1960-19632425
Total7856
Number of attendances made by children shown above60940

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* The number of centres includes one mobile unit fully
staffed by the Council, and a clinic held at Queen
Charlotte's Hospital at which the Council provides a
health visitor only.

Table: Table 19 Day nurseries provided by the Borough Council as at 31st December 1965

Table 19 Day nurseries provided by the Borough Council as at 31st December 1965

Number3
Number of approved places126
Number of children on register at end of year
Age under 2 years40
Age 2-5 years105
Average daily attendance during the year*
Age under 2 years28
Age 2-5 years81

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* These are arithmetic averages which reflect absences
due to infectious and other illness, and also the
postponement of new admissions during outbreaks of
infectious illness.
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