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Tottenham 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]

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62
CARE OF MOTHERS AND YOUNG CHILDREN
Notification of Births

Table: The following table shows the births notified during the year compared with previous years. The number notified last year was the highest for seven years and the percentage of hospital confinements was 81.7%, compared with 80% in 1958.

The following table shows the births notified during the year compared with previous years. The number notified last year was the highest for seven years and the percentage of hospital confinements was 81.7%, compared with 80% in 1958.

195919581957
Live Births(a) Domiciliary649708566
(b) Hospital or Nursing Home288127992679
Still Births(a) Domiciliary463
(b) Hospital or Nursing Home495963
358335723311

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Ante-natal clinics
The arrangements for four assistant medical officers with post graduate obstetrical
qualifications to staff the ante-natal clinics in Tottenham and also to attend as honorary clinical
assistants at the North Middlesex and Bearsted Memorial Hospitals have worked well.
During the year discussions have taken place locally with the Medical Liaison Committees
as to the implications of the Cranbrook Report on the Maternity Services. The Minister of Health
has decided that many of the recommendations made require consultation with the authorities and
organisations concerned before final decisions can be taken.
The percentage of expectant mothers making at least one attendance at one of the local
authority ante-natal clinics was 63.6% during 1959 compared with 65.7% the previous year.

Table: The following table gives details of attendances at all clinics in the Area:-

The following table gives details of attendances at all clinics in the Area:-

No , of sessions heldNo. of new casesTotal attendancesAverage attendance per session
A.N.P.N.A.N.P.N.
Burgoyne Road76207115138611919.8
Church Road741287110727915.6
Fortis Green101241104179711018.9
Hornsey Town Hall154382168271017318.7
Mildura Court66204101138110822.6
Stroud Green53166738517317.4
The Chestnuts154422180283118319.6
Lordship Lane154284144189415013.3
Park Lane104255136132113614.0
Totals 19599362289109215243113117.5
Totals 195810012347115715536123416.7
Totals 195710292267112015131123815.9

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Midwives Ante-natal Clinics
The following table shows the attendances made during the year.