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Chapter 1.Origin and hntial Phases
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and children were attended and in the re- in hospitals, and an estimated 500 empirical
maining nine, only children. Of the 7,796 midwives in the city.
hospital beds, approximately 600 were The Investigation was conducted in three
pediatric. Only 18 hospitals had outpatient heavily populated districts-Beberibe, Endepartments.
cruzilhada, and Casa Amarela, which on
The Health Service maintains, in addi- 1 July 1969 had an estimated 365,680 intion,
four health centers and 17 maternal habitants, or 34 per cent of the city's total.
and child care centers. A large portion of These districts were considered to have
acute pediatric morbidity is attended in socioeconomic and cultural conditions repspecialized
emergency and rehydration ccll- resentative of those inthe rest of the city,
ters operated by the Service. The city had and their populations had access to all the
approximately 2,000 physicians, 200 nurses, health services available in the city.
450 auxiliary nurses, 150 social workers in The new Institute of Child .Medicine and
active professional service, and a large the Department of Pediatrics of the Federal
number of other health personnel, both pro- University of Pernambuco served as the
fessional and. nonprofessional. In 1969 project headquarters. The principal colthere
were 61 registered midwives working laborator was professor of pediatrics at the