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East Battersea centres, which are attended by the Assistant Medical
Officer (Maternity and Child Welfare); and the Women's League of
Service, a voluntary organisation, whose Battersea centre for Maternity
and Child Welfare is linked up with the Council's scheme,
also holds an ante-natal clinic at their Southlands premises.
Each mother who books for admission to the Borough Maternity
Hospital, or for attendance by the Borough midwife in her own
home, is required to attend the ante-natal clinic periodically
before her confinement, and is seen at least once by the consultant
gynaecologist. Doctors and private midwives practising in Battersea
are encouraged to send their maternity patients to her at the central
ante-natal clinic at the Borough Maternity Hospital for examination
and report without charge.
Miss Bloomfield (Consultant Gynaecologist) reports :—
Tuesday Afternoon (Special) Clinic.
Number of sessions held 52
Total attendances 779
Average number per session (approx.) 15
New patients 696
Blood taken for the Wassermann reaction 684
Wasserman reaction—negative 669
„ „ positive 5
± 10
Gynecological cases.—A considerable nunber of gynaecological
cases, both ante-natal and post-natal, were also seen at this clinic.
Ante-natal attendances numbered some 70, and included :—
Cases of retroversion of gravid uterus 4
(requiring 6 attendances)
Cases of vaginal discharge complicating pregnancy 10
(requiring 35 attendances for treatment, taking of
films, &c.)
Cases referred for the diagnosis of pregnancy 19
Post-natal attendances numbered some 10, and included :—
Cases of vaginal discharge 2
(requiring 2 attendances for treatment, &c.)
Cases of prolapse 3
Cases attending for the changing of rings 3
Unclassified.—These cases made up a further 18 attendances,
and included cases of cystocele, cervical polypus, varicose veins,
threatened miscarriage, &c.
Examinations under anaesthesia.—It is on Tuesday afternoon,
following the clinic, that these examinations are carried out. During
the year 1936 they numbered 18—
For diagnosis of presentation . 3
For external version in breech presentation cases15
(in whom version failed in 7 cases—all of which had
extended legs—and was successfully carried out in
8 cases.)