Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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The number of sessions was 113, and the average
attendance per session was 11 2.
41 of the mothers who attended for pre-natal care
also attended the Maternity Clinic after their confinement,
and 15 mothers were sent away to a convalescent
home.
The 372 women who attended for the first time may be grouped as follows:—
Gravid:—Primipara | 45 | |
—Multipara | 307 | |
352 | ||
Not pregnant | 20 | |
372 |
In the case of the 352 gravid women, the following were the periods of gestation:—
3 were in the 1st month |
39 „ „ „ 2nd „ |
27 „ „ „ 3rd „ |
52 „ „ „ 4th „ |
50 „ „ „ 5th „ |
84 „ „ „ 6th „ |
70 „ „ „ 7th „ |
27 „ „ „ 8th „ |
nil „ „ „ 9th „ |
An analysis of these cases shows:—
Full-term confinements | 233 |
Premature births | 4 |
Miscarriages (6); Stillbirths (5) | 11 |
Not yet confined | 94 |
Left Borough (results unknown) | 6 |
Transferred to Hereford St. Clinic | 4 |
The known confinements took place:— | |
192 at home, and | |
56 in institutions. | |
Wasserman reaction for syphilis Nil |