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Baths.
The baths provided at the John Street Centre for expectant and nursing
mothers were used 82 times during the year 1934.
Ante-natal Centres.
During the year, enquiries were made of mothers as to their attendance at an
Ante-natal Centre immediately previous to the birth of the child visited. Of 270
mothers, about whom information was obtained, 220 (81 per cent.) were found to
have attended Ante-natal Centres or received ante-natal care as under:—
Number of enquiries made 270
Centre Attended: —
Holborn Centre, 10, John Street 22
Holborn Centre, Short's Gardens 1
Royal Free Hospital 21
Middlesex Hospital . 15
Charing Cross Hospital 25
University College Hospital 37
Myddelton Square Institution 21
St. Bartholomew's Hospital 24
City of London Hospital 15
Queen Charlotte's Hospital 4
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital 4
St. Pancras Hospital 13
Other Centres 11
Ante-natal care from private doctors 3
Ante-natal care from midwives 4
220
Nature of defects found at Municipal Centres.
10, John Street, Short's Gardens,
Holborn. St. Giles.
No. of women attending ante-natal clinics 56 7
Women expectant for the first time 10 1
No. of attendances made 1ll 12
Defects found specially connected with pregnancy :—
Deformed pelvis 1 –
Threatened miscarriage 4 –
Retroverted gravid uterus 2 –
Breech presentation 3 –
Excessive vomiting 4 2
(Edema 3 1
Varicose veins 10 –
Excessive vaginal discharge 4 –
High blood pressure 3 –
Other defects 3 –
Other defects :—
Heart disease 2 –
Anaemia 1 –
Respiratory diseases – –
Constipation 16 2
Dental caries 19 –
Dyspepsia 5 –
Pyorrhoea 1 –
Rheumatism 2 –
Other defects 8 –
No. referred to maternity hospitals :—
Normal 10 –
Abnormal 4 –
No. referred to dental clinic 9 –
No. of urine tests made 54 –