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MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
The following is a summary of the work carried out
under the Council's Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme
during the year.
Notification of Births.—3,311 notifications of living
and 87 of stillborn children were received during the
year under the Notification of Births Act. 94 per cent. of
the births registered being notified. Of these, 2,509, or
74 per cent. were notified by midwives, 827 by doctors,
and 62 by the parents or others.
Visitation of Mothers and Babies.—The visits paid by
the Health Visitors were:—
First visits to infants
3,524
Re-visits
7,426
Re-visits to children, aged 1 to 5 years
4,517
Visits to cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum
50
Visits to cases of Measles
429
Other visits
279
Welfare Centres.—Infant Consultations.— Arrangements
were made in May for an additional weekly consultation
to be held by Dr. Florence Wilson at Melmoth
Hall, Eustace Road. Seven consultations are now held
weekly, viz., three at 92, Greyhound Road, two at 170,
Wandsworth Bridge Road and two at Melmoth Hall.
The attendances during the year were:
No. of
Consultations.
First
Attendances
of Babies.
Total
Attendances.
Average
Attendance.
92, Greyhound Road
134
601
6,787
50
170, Wandsworth Bridge Road
92
442
4,546
49
Melmoth Hall
75
262
2,091
28
301
1,305
13,424
44
There were 3,068 more attendances at the clinics than
in 1920.