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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bethnal Green 1927
Report on the health of the Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1927
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MATERNITY CLINIC.
This is open every Wednesday and Thursday
morning.
Particulars of attendances:—
| Total. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Expectant Mothers—first visits | 442 | 1166 |
| „ „ subsequent visits | 724 | |
| Mothers recently confined—first visits | 158 | 249 |
| „ „ „ subsequent visits | 91 | |
The number of sessions was 104, and the average
attendance per session was 13.6.
Sixty-three of the mothers who attended for
pre-natal care also attended the Maternity Clinic after
their confinement, and 25 of these mothers were sent
away to a Convalescent Home.
The women who attended, 442 in number, may be grouped as follows:—
| Number of primigravidæ | 60 |
| Number of multigravidæ | 382 |
| Full-term confinements | 237 |
| Premature births | 4 |
| Cæsarian section | 2 |
| Miscarriages (11) and Stillbirths (3) | 14 |
| Not pregnant | 48 |
| Sterile | 2 |
| Not yet confined | 127 |
| Left Borough, result unknown | 8 |
Wassermann reaction for syphilis:—
| Number of blood-tests | 4 |
| Number of positive | 1 |