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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
Paddington 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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ANTE- AND POST-NATAL CLINICS.
| No. of Sessions | Attendances | No. of expectant or recently confined mothers who attended | ||
| Total | Average | |||
| Welfare Centre, 283a, Harrow Road | ||||
| Monday | 49 | 1,226 | 25.0 | 302 |
| Tuesday ** | 17 | 328 | 19.3 | 163 |
| Wednesday | 51 | 1,524 | 29.9 | 389 |
| Thursday * | 21 | 342 | 16.3 | 194 |
| TOTALS | 133 | 3,420 | 24.8 | 1,048 |
| * Commenced 9th August. ** „ 4th September. | ||||
In addition to the above, a weekly clinic is held at St. Mary's Hospital for women booked for confinement in the
beds reserved by the Council at that institution. During the year 90 ante-natal and 105 post-natal cases made a
total of 919 attendances.
FOOT CLINIC. (Commenced 6th September.)
| No. of sessions | 14 | |||
| No. of cases | 17 | 2 | ||
| No. of attendances | 24 | 3 | ||
PHYSIO-THERAPEUTIC CLINIC. (Commenced 1st October.)
| No. of sessions | 75 | |
| No. of cases | 91 | 92 |
| No. of attendances | 145 | 482 |
| Classification of cases :– | ||
| Light | 8 | 74 |
| Massage | 15 | 38 |
| Heat | 17 | — |
| Exercises | 70 | 14 |
| Treatments given :— | ||
| Light | 12 | 429 |
| Massage | 37 | 233 |
| Heat | 33 | — |
| Exercises | 108 | 114 |