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MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE DEPARTMENT.
ANNUAL REPORT 1941.
STATISTICAL INFORMATION.
Number of Births:
Male 780
Female 780
1560
Birth Rate(per 1,000 population) 14,77
Number of Deaths under one year of age. 6l
Number of Still Births registered 51
Infantile Death Rate per 1,000 live births 46.35
Number of Maternal Deaths 3
Maternal Death Rate per 1,000 total births 2.2
Cost of Maternity & Child Welfare Services:-
Gross Cost(to 31st March 1942) £ 32,276. 9s. 9d.
Total receipts including specific Govt. Grants 11,021. 0s. 11d.
Net Cost: £21,255. 8s. 10d.
Cost in terms of rate in the £1-net 5.6 pence.
CO-ORDINATION.
The interweaving of the Maternity and Child Welfare Service
with the School Medical Service has continued during the year under
review, in the same smooth manner as previously, in that all
Specialist and Dental Sessions have catered for both departments
and thus ensured the maximum possible supervision even during the
periods of aerial attacks as in the earlier part of the year.
The co-operation of all hospitals as well as Social Service
Associations in the area has remained a constant source of help.
MATERNITY HOSPITAL SERVICE.
For patients desiring or requiring hospitalisation the
facilities provided by the Mothers' Hospital,Clapton, and the
North Middlesex County Hospital have proved adequate as in former
years. These were distributed as follows:-
The Mothers' Hospital, Clapton:-
Under the Council's Scheme 44
Own arrangements 12
The North Middlesex County Hospital 113
Other Outside Institutions 60
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