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Bethnal Green 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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transferred from Cornwall Road to form a nucleus for
the new clinic. Thirteen sessions have since been held,
at which 30 expectant mothers attended for the first
time and made 41 subsequent attendances.
Dr. K. M. Horton reports as follows:
The figures for three months' work suggest that the
installation of this Clinic supplies a very definite need
in this area of Bethnal Green. We look forward to a
substantial increase of attendances in the next year.
An analysis for cases attending the Centre is as
follows:—
Expectant Mothers—First attendances 30
Subsequent „ 41
Transferred from
Cornwall Road 9
Mothers recently confined—
First attendances 16
Subsequent „ 3
The number of sessions was 13 and the average
attendance per session was 5.6.
The 30 women who attended for the first time may
be grouped as follows:—
Gravid—Primiparæ2
—Multiparæ 26
Not pregnant 2
In the cases of the 28 gravid women, the following were the periods of gestation: —
| In the 1st month | — |
| „ „ 2nd „ | 1 |
| „ „ 3rd ,, | 2 |
| ,, ,, 4th ,, | 1 |
| ,, „ 5th ,, | 3 |
| „ „ 6th „ | 7 |
| „ „ 7th „ | 9 |
| „ „ 8th „ | 2 |
| „ „ 9th „ | — |