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Tottenham 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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PERSONAL AND SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES
TOTTENHAM AND HORNSEY (Joint Population 210890)
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 since 1947 and the percentage of hospital confinements was 80,8%.
| 1963 | 1962 | 1961 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | (a) Domiciliary | 911 | 943 | 853 |
| (b) Hospital or Nursing Home | 3798 | 3636 | 3219 | |
| Still bitths | (a) Domiciliary | 5 | 4 | 7 |
| (b) Hospital or Nursing Home | 63 | 67 | 52 | |
| 4777 | 4650 | 4131 | ||
Ante-natal Clinics
These sessions for the care of mothers who are either booked for hospital delivery
or for home but have no general practitioner giving ante-natal care, continue to be very
busy. For the hospital-booked cases, attending their local clinics saves them long
journeys to the hospital and also relieves the pressure on the overcrowded hospital
ante-natal clinics.
It is interesting that in many parts of the country including Middlesex, local
authority ante-natal clinics are becoming smaller as general practitioners take over
the ante-natal care of their own patients. This has not occurred in Tottenham and
Hornsey. Four of the medical officers attend clinics at hospital as well as in the
clinic buildings. Two go to the North Middlesex Hospital and two to the Bearsted
Memorial Hospital. This is a valuable link between the two services as personal
meetings make co-operation immeasurably easier.
The following table gives details of attendances at all clinics in the Area:-
| Number of sessions held | Total Attendances | Average Attendance per session | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A N. | P.N. | |||
| Burgoyne Road | 100 | 1659 | 137 | 18.0 |
| High gate | 66 | 1110 | 60 | 17.7 |
| Port is Green | 100 | 1837 | 99 | 19.4 |
| Hornsey Town Hall | 156 | 2928 | 118 | 19.5 |
| Mildura Court | 65 | 1664 | 86 | 26.9 |
| Stroud Green | 61 | 1212 | 65 | 20,9 |
| The Chestnuts | 164 | 2677 | 193 | 17.5 |
| Lordship Lane | 154 | 1731 | 109 | 11 9 |
| Park Lane | 102 | 1402 | 145 | 15.2 |
| Totals 1963 | 968 | 16220 | 1012 | 17.8 |
| Totals 1962 | 934 | 16271 | 1027 | 18.5 |
| Totals 1961 | 936 | 15334 | 1050 | 17.5 |