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Bethnal Green 1928

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]

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The number of sessions was 115, and the average
attendance per session was 15.1.
One hundred of the mothers who attended for pre—
natal care also attended the Maternity Clinic after
their confinement, and 28 of these mothers were sent
away to a convalescent home.
The 526 women who attended for the first time
may be grouped as follows : —
Gravid Primiparse 79
—Multiparse 388
467
No evidence at first attendance 11
Sterile 5
Not pregnant 43
526
In the case of the 467 gravid women, the following
were the periods of gestation :—
3 were in the 1st month.
65 „ „ „ 2nd „
55 ,, „ „ 3rd „
44 „ „ „ 4th „
62 „ „ „ 5th „
98 „ „ „ 6th
91 „ „ „ 7th „
42 „ „ „ 8th „
7 ,, ), yj 9th
An analysis of these cases shows :—
Full-term confinements 305
Premature births 2
Caesarian section 1
Miscarriage (18); Stillbirths (5) 23
Not yet confined 136
The confinements took place: —
241 at home, and
67 in institutions.