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Total number of attendances at Centres during the year:—
(a) By children under one year of age 13151
(b) By children between one and five years 6061
A total of 743 Toddlers attended the Welfare Centres during
1945, for a yearly examination.
Midwifery Service.
Domiciliary Midwifery was performed as in previous years by
Queen Charlotte's Midwives.
During 1945, 449 mothers were recommended for admission
to Central Middlesex County Hospital for their confinements, but
of these 84 had to be refused as there were no beds. The continued
rise in the birth rate all over the country is straining the resources
of hospital beds and trained midwives to the uttermost. Many of
the Emergency Hostels and Homes for Expectant Mothers in former
"reception" areas have closed down, and owing to the desperate
housing position in London and Greater London, many more women
require hospital accommodation for their confinements.
Three ante-natal clinics were held each week, but towards the
end of the year it became increasingly obvious that it would be
necessary to open a fourth.
Number of new cases attending Clinics during
year 900
Total number of attendances made 3285
Average number attending weekly (3 clinics) 67