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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
Lewisham 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Clinic. Fifty-eight such patients attended during the year. The
arrangement has worked satisfactorily and the mothers have appreciated
coming to the Clinic which is nearer their homes than the
Hospital.
Particulars of the Ante-natal Clinics for the year are as follows:—
Table No. 1.
| Sydenham | Maternity Home | Health Centre | Downham | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Sessions held | 27 | 148 | 52 | 52 |
| Number of Patients examined | 86 | 429 | 701 | 160 |
| Number of attendances made by patients | 316 | 3261 | 1592 | 523 |
| Average number of attendances per session | 11.7 | 22 | 30.6 | 10 |
| Number of Primigravidæ examined | 14 | 224 | 186 | 17 |
| Number of Multigravidæ examined | 72 | 205 | 246 | 125 |
| Number not pregnant | — | — | 31 | 6 |
| Number of normal labours | 63 | 262 | 211 | 111 |
| Number of abnormal labours | 5 | 20 | 65 | 13 |
| Number undelivered at the end of 1937 | 16 | 147 | 134 | 36 |
| Number who left the Borough | 2 | — | 22 | — |
| Number of Post-natal examinations made | — | — | *259 | 18 |
| Number sent by Midwives | — | — | 111 | 6 |
| Number sent by the Health Visitors | — | — | 109 | 19 |
| Number who came on their own initiative | — | 429 | 57 | 28 |
| Number sent by others | — | — | 155 | 49 |
| Number sent by Lewisham Hospital | — | — | — | 58 |
| 1 | ||||
| Forceps | 1 | 1 | 19 | |
| Still-born | 1 | 6 | 14 | 8 |
| Breech | 1 | 10 | 4 | — |
| Miscarriage | — | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Adherent Placenta | — | †3 | — | — |
| Ante-partum Hæmorrhage | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Caesarian Section | — | — | 3 | — |
| Premature Birth | 1 | — | 2 | — |
| Induction | — | — | 18 | — |
| Version for Placenta Prævia | — | — | 1 | — |
*248 of these were of patients delivered in the Municipal Maternity Home.
†This number includes one still-birth.