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STATISTICAL INFORMATION.
The population of the Borough as estimated by the RegistrarGeneral
is 110,350 as compared with the pre-war estimated population
of 144,400.
Number of Births:—Male 1,018
Female 952
1,970
Birth Rate (per 1,000 population) 17.85
Number of deaths under one year of age 86
Number of still births registered 70
Infantile Death Rate (per 1,000 live births) 43.65
Number of maternal deaths 6
Maternal Death Rate (per 1,000 total births) 2.94
CO-ORDINATION.
The wide field covered by the work of a large Maternity and
Child Welfare Department involves contact with many other
organisations whose work is related to some aspect of the welfare
of mothers and young children. The various departments of the
Health Service are within the same administration and good
co-operation is a valuable part of this organisation. Frequent
contacts occur with the services of other Committees, especially that
of Education. The effectiveness of the work owes much to the
ready co-operation which has been obtained throughout the year.
In regard to bodies outside this Authority, most valuable help
and co-operation have been given by the Almoner Services of the
Prince of Wales's and North Middlesex Hospitals, the Invalid
Children's Aid Association and the Women's Voluntary Service.
The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children has,
as in former years, proved most helpful; and the co-operation of
the Tuberculosis and Venereal Diseases' Services of the County
Council has been appreciated.
Maternity Hospital Service.
The following table shows the various institutions in which
the confinements of this area took place:—