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Beddington and Wallington 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]
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CONSULTANT ANTE-NATAL AND POST-NATAL CLINIC.
The Consultant Clinic continued to be held throughout the year on
the third Friday in each month, conducted by Mr. Douglas Lindsay,
M.D., Ch.B., F.R.F.P.S.(G.), M.C.O.G. No changes occurred in this
service during the year under review.
The attendances were as follows:—
| Referred by Medical Officer, Ante-natal Clinic | Private Practitioners. | Totals. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. | N.A. | 1947. | 1946. | ||
| Clinics held | 3 | 5 | |||
| Patients attending: | |||||
| Ante-natal | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| Post-natal | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 |
| Total attendances | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 |
CONSULTATIONS IN THE HOME.
The services of Mr. Lindsay continued to be available to medical
practitioners who required a specialist's opinion. During the year,
however, he was not called into consultation.
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE CENTRES.
The following table gives a record of the attendances at the Infant Welfare Clinics. Four centres continued to operate during the year, and the attendances at all showed a very gratifying response:—
| Bandon Hill. | Hack-bridge. | Bed-dington. | Wal-lington. | Totals. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947. | 1946. | |||||
| Number of sessions held | 52 | 49 | 27 | 25 | 153 | 148 |
| Infants:— | ||||||
| No. of new cases under 1 year | 163 | 151 | 79 | 116 | 509 | 463 |
| No. of re-attend-ances | 1,969 | 2,142 | 704 | 898 | 5,713 | 5,440 |
| No. of new cases over 1 year | 47 | 28 | 32 | 25 | 132 | 75 |
| No. of re-attendances | 1,282 | 1,122 | 581 | 580 | 3,565 | 4,075 |
| Total attendance of infants | 3,461 | 3,443 | 1,396 | 1,619 | 9,919 | 10,053 |
| Average attendance of infants per session | 66.6 | 70.3 | 51.7 | 64.7 | 64.8 | 67.9 |
| Mothers attending | 3,156 | 2,379 | 1,298 | 1,405 | 8,238 | 9,862 |
| Total attendances | 6,617 | 5,822 | 2,694 | 3,024 | 18,157 | 19,915 |
| Average total attendance per session | 127.3 | 118.8 | 99.8 | 121 | 118.7 | 134.6 |