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Preparation for Childbirth
A further three health visitors and one midwife were trained to
teach the psychoprophylaxis method of preparation for childbirth
and classes in this and other methods of relaxation were continued
during the current year. Following each class there was a talk and
discussion with appropriate demonstrations. Some 292 such sessions
were held during 1967 with 2,700 attendances at Relaxation Classes.
A total of 3,047 attendances were attracted to the 322 Mothercraft
sessions at which talks were given by health visitors to advise and
instruct mothers in infant care. Several centres persevered with their
Parentcraft classes to which fathers were invited and, at the 56
sessions held, there were 1,155 attendances.
Selection of Women for Hospital Confinement
It is obvious that the number of emergency hospital admissions
can be reduced by the correct booking of place of confinement in
accordance with certain criteria. The following tables are included
to indicate the degree of success of the selections made in the
Greenwich area during 1967. They serve also as a reminder of the
need for persistent effort to ensure hospital delivery for women in
the high risk groups.