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Tottenham 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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CARE OF MOTHERS AND YOUNG CHILDREN
(Section 22)
Notification of Births
The following table shows the births notified during the year compared with previous years.
The number notified last year was the highest for six years and the percentage of hospital confinements was 80%, compared with 82.8% in 1957.
| 1958 | 1957 | 1956 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | (a) Domiciliary | 708 | 566 | 534 |
| (b) Hospital or Nursing Home | 2799 | 2679 | 2589 | |
| Still Births | (a) Domiciliary | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| (b) Hospital or Nursing Home | 59 | 63 | 56 | |
| 3572 | 3311 | 3183 | ||
Ante-natal Clinics
Following the retirement of Dr. Esther Rickards, consultant obstetrician in
Tottenham, negotiations took place with the North East Metropolitan Regional
Hospital Board and the Tottenham and Edmonton Group Hospital Management
Committees, as a result of which links were established with the North Middlesex
Hospital and Bearsted Memorial Hospital in respect of consultant cover. The
staffing of the ante-natal clinics in Tottenham will in future be taken over from
the North East Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board by four assistant medical
officers with obstetrical qualifications appointed as honorary clinical assistants
at either the North Middlesex or Bearsted Hospital for alternate weekly sessions.
The percentage of expectant mothers making at least one attendance at one
of the local authority ante-natal clinics was 65.7% during 1958 compared with
68.5% the previous year.
During the last quarter of the year, the number of sessions at The Chestnuts
and Lordship Lane clinics were reduced by one a week in each case.
The following table gives details of attendances at all clinics in the Area:-