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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
Battersea 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Breech deliveries at term 8
Undiagnosed 3
Version failed 4
Twins 1
Cesarean sections 12
Results—Mothers, all well
Babies, all well.
Trial labours 48
Results—Mothers, all well.
Babies, all well.
Termination of labour—spontaneous, 38; forceps, 7; Cesarean
section, 3.
The subjoined table shows in summary the number of attendances, &c., during 1937, at the municipal ante-natal clinics (excluding the special clinic referred to below).
| Clinics held at | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maternity Hospital. | Southlands. | Plough Road. | All Saints' Hall. | Total. | |
| Sessions | 103 | 51 | 51 | 49 | 254 |
| Attendances | 3,042 | 713 | 579 | 470 | 4,804 |
| „ average | 29.5 | 14.0 | 11.4 | 9.6 | 18.9 |
| New cases | 461 | 231 | 11 | 6 | 709 |
| Interviews by doctor | 3,042 | 695 | 526 | 442 | 4,705 |
| Average per session seen by doctor | 29.5 | 13.6 | 10.3 | 9.0 | 18.5 |
The work of the ante-natal clinic of the Women's League of
Service is referred to on page 26.
The work of visiting and reporting upon Battersea cases, which
is done by the Council's health visiting staff for the obstetric and
gynaecological departments of several of the larger hospitals is
summarised on page 28.
Ante-Natal (V.D.) Clinic.
This special treatment clinic was established in connection
with the out-patient department at the Borough Maternity
Hospital late in 1921. The clinic is fully equipped with the necessary
requisites for diagnosis and treatment, and is under the
direction and supervision of a specialist consultant (Mr. H. Corsi,
F.R.C.S.). The work carried out during 1937 is summarised in
the table on page 38.