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Deptford 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]

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The Hostel of Our Lady. Although no recognised Clinic is
held at this hostel (which accommodates women and children),
Dr. Hill attends fortnightly and gives advice to those mothers
desirous of having their children examined. In all, 171 children
were seen.
(b) Maternity Clinics. These are conducted at the Health Centre,
Harton Street, four Sessions per week being devoted to this purpose.
The service provided is designed to secure efficient ante-natal and postnatal
care. At present one of the Sessions is more or less set aside for
post-natal work.
Provision is made for X-Ray examination as an aid in the diagnosis
of obscure cases, 24 cases being thus dealt with.
The co-operation of the Medical Practitioners and of the Midwives
is sought and to them is forwarded the Report of the Medical Officer
upon any woman sent by them for examination.
Ante-Natal Clinic.

The work of the Ante-natal Clinic during recent years is illustrated by the following figures.

Year.No. of individual women attending.Average number of attendances per week.Total number of attendances made.
192231119938
1923369291439
1924513301497
1925588452268
1926595462292
1927738452241
1928815552777
1929929562915
1930973643212
1931980643289
1932880582994
1933887613182
1934905562931

The following is the text of Dr. Hill's Report for 1934:—
Ante-Natal Clinic Statistics, 1934.
Total number of Patients on Register 905
New Cases 751
Total Attendances 2931
Normal 192
Not pregnant 43