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The Salvation Army midwives also have two machines which are
kept at their Branch Home and taken or sent to the home of the patient
when required.
The service is freely available to all having home confinements,
provided there are no medical contra-indications, and each expectant
mother on booking the midwife is supplied with a leaflet explaining the
nature and the availability of the service.

*Includes 195 running concurrently with doctors' clinics.
All patients booked for admission to the Maternity Hospital are
medically examined at the ante-natal clinics. The first examination takes
place at the 10th week of pregnancy, or as soon as possible after that
time if the booking for hospital admission is not made until after the 10th
week. Further, arrangements are made for all hospital booked patients to
see the Obstetric Registrar at either the Ilford Maternity Hospital or the
Mayesbrook Ante-Natal Clinic at about the 35th week of pregnancy.
In conjunction with the ante-natal clinics at the Manford Way and
Mayesbrook Clinics the Health Visitors hold classes for relaxation
exercises. During 1964 there were 101 sessions at the Mayesbrook Clinic,
with 1,046 attendances, and 99 sessions at Manford Way Clinic, with 877
attendances. A weekly session was also run by Health Visitors at Kenwood
Gardens Clinic, 51 sessions being held in the year, with 342 attendances;
at Heathcote Avenue Clinic, there were 51 sessions, with 296 attendances;
at Cecil Hall there were 47 sessions, with 311 attendances.
Relaxation exercises classes are in addition held by the staff of the
Ilford Maternity Hospital for patients attending the ante-natal clinic there.