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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bethnal Green 1926
Report on the health of the Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1926
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MATERNITY CLINIC.
This is open every Wednesday and Thursday
morning.
| Particulars of attendances:- | |||
| Total. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Expectant Mothers—first visits | 396 | l003 | |
| „ ,, subsequent visits | 607 | ||
| Mothers recently confined—first visits | 119 | 177 | |
| ,, ,, „ subsequent visits | 58 | ||
The number of sessions was 101, and the average
attendance per session was 11.7.
Forty-three of the mothers who attended for
pre-natal care also attended the Maternity Clinic after
their confinement, and 13 of these mothers were pent
away to a Convalescent Home.
The expectant mothers, 396 in number, may be grouped as follows:—
| The expectant mothers, 396 in number, may be grouped as follows:— | |
| Number of primigravidæ | 69 |
| Number of multigravidæ | 327 |
| Full-term confinements, including 3 stillbirths | 186 |
| Premature births | 2 |
| Caesarian section | 2 |
| Miscarriages (14) and Stillbirths (4) | 18 |
| Not pregnant | 56 |
| Sterile | 2 |
| Not yet confined | 120 |
| Left Borough, result unknown | 10 |
| Wassermann reaction for syphilis:— | |
| Number of blood-tests | 4 |
| Number of positive | 2 |