[Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Smethwick County Borough.
- Smethwick (Worcestershire, England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1946
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Smethwick County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE. SUll-MAKY OF STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 194G. BIRTHS. Tlie nunihei' of hirtli.s notified during the ])ast five years under Section 203 of the Public Health Act, tions, was as follows:— 1936, as adjusted by transferred notifica- Live Births ... Still Births. 1942 1,2.54 37 1943 1,343 46 1944 1,501 43 1945 1,293 38 1946 1,489 25 1,291 1,389 1,544 1,331 1,.514 (loinparison with the leturns of tlie local Registrar shows that very few births escape notification. HE.VLTH VISITING. The (Council eni|)loj’s a .Superintendent and fifteen healtli visitors who are also .school nurses, the equivalent of nine whole-time visitors being engaged in .Maternity and Child Wellaue work. The number of visits paid during the two j^ears was:— 1945 1946 (i) To Expectant Mothers ... ... Fir.st Visits .564 .568 Total Visits 1,220 1,042 (ii) To Children under one year of age... First Visits 1,286 1,383 Total Visits 4,887 4,474 (iii) To Children between one and five years of age ... ... ... Total Visits 7,159 7,415 The total number of visits paid bj' the health visitors during the past six years is as follows:— 1941 . 26,981 1944 24,730 1942 . 26,349 1945 21,572 1943 . 30,033 1946 19,355 INFANT AVELFARE CENTRES. Tlie number of <-entres jnovided and maintained by the Council is seven, with ten sessions weekly; the total attendance during the pa.st five years was :— , Under 1 year 1-5 years Total 1942 17,675 6,4.59 24,134 1943 20,119 7,094 27,213 1944 20,765 6,.584 27,349 1945 20,903 5,729 5,097 26,632 1946 20,804 25,901 1945 1916 Number of children attending for Under 1 year 1,108 1,241 the first time 1-5 years ... Total 258 180 1,366 1,421 Nund)cr of children on the registers Under 1 vear 9,59 1,110 at end of year 1-5 years 1,8.37 1,895 1 Total 2,796 3,005 The number of childi-en under one who attended for the first time ecpialled 87'.5 per cent, of the notified births in 1944, 83-2 per cent, in 1945 and 83-3 per cent, in 1946.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30091330_0035.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
