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During the year, 412 expectant mothers attended the clinic, as
compared with 406 in 1946. This represents approximately 73.1 per
cent. of the total notified births, live and still, which were assigned to
the Borough during 1947, and is a creditable reflection on the efficiency
and consequent popularity of the Council's Ante-Natal Service.
POST-NATAL CLINIC
During 1947, the Corporation's Post-Natal Clinic, recommenced in
September 1946, continued to offer facilities in this important branch of
maternal care.
The post-natal cases attending during 1947 represented 19.7 per cent,
of the total notified births.
It is reliably estimated that considerably more patients receive postnatal
care than attend at the Council clinics. The majority of women
confined at County Council Hospitals are instructed on discharge to
return for post-natal examination, usually within the month, and the
majority of mothers readily avail themselves of these facilities. It is
likely, therefore, that the number of women who receive post-natal
care under local authority or County Council Maternity Services is likely
to reach as high as 45 to 50 per cent. Figures in the following combined
table include, therefore, post-natal attendances at the Council's Friday
Ante-Natal Clinic.