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The total is two less than in 1938 and represents 90% of
the births registered during the year.
The number of notified births which took place outside
the district represents 35% of the total—2% more than in the
year before.
The Work of the Centres. To meet the continued expansion
and development in the district the welfare activities at
the Centres were again at a high level, until the outbreak of
the war, when it became desirable, as far as possible, to avoid
arge collections of mothers and children, and the Toddler Clinics
were suspended and replaced by Infant Consultation Clinics
in a restricted form. This entailed a slight alteration in the
programme involving an additional weekly Infant, session at
the Parish Hall in Central Road, Morden.
The number of women who attended either ante-natally or
post-natally at the Maternity Clinics rose from 469 to 588.
The number who attended for ante-natal supervision increased
by 121, and the number who attended for post-natal supervision
by 27. Compared with a percentage of 42 in 1938, the number
of women who attended Maternity Clinics in 1939, represented
58% of the registered births and is the highest percentage yet
recorded for the district. Ten years ago the figure was
under 10.
There was a corresponding increase in the work of the
Infant Clinics. The number of infants on the register rose by
290, but as a result of the restriction in the number attending
the Clinics, referred to above, the total attendances during the
year were 859 below the figure for the previous year. The
number of new babies attending for the first time at 856 was
30