Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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The number of sessions was 103, and the average
attendance per session was 14.5, as compared with 11.2
the previous year.
122 of the mothers who attended for pre-natal care
also attended the Maternity Clinic after their confinement,
and some of them were sent away to a convalescent
home.
The 388 women who attended for the first time
may be grouped as follows :—
Gravid:—Primiparae 41
—Multiparae 327
368
Not pregnant 19
Sterile 1
388
In the case of the 368 gravid women, the following
were the periods of gestation :—
3 were in the 1st month
24 „ „ „ 2nd „
40 „ „ „ 3rd „
46 „ „ „ 4th „
78 „ ,, ,, 5th ,,
86 „ „ „ 6th „
59 „ „ „ 7th „
32 „ „ „ 8th „
nil ,, ,, ,, 9th ,,
An analysis of these cases shows :—
Full-term confinements. 245
Premature births 6
Miscarriages (7) ; Stillbirths (5) 12
Pregnancy terminated 1
Not yet confined 96
Left Borough (results unknown) 8
The known confinements took place :—
194 at home, and
62 in institutions.