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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
City of Westminster 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table III.—Antc-natal Cases.
| Name of Hospital. | City Council's Centres. | W1est minster Health Society. | Totals. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ebury Bridge. | No. 15, Bessborough Street. | Marshall Street. | Marsham Street. | ||
| General Lying-in | 5 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 34 |
| St. George's | 35 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 64 |
| Westminster | 23 | 37 | 3 | 25 | 88 |
| St. Thomas's | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Charing Cross | 11 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 36 |
| Middlesex | _ | _ | 20 | _ | 20 |
| Elizabeth Garrett Anderson | 1 | _ | 1 | _ | 2 |
| St. Stephen's | 34 | 34 | 18 | 20 | 106 |
| Queen Charlotte's | — | — | — | — | — |
| St. .Mary's | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Princess Beatrice | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Royal Free | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Kind's College | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| Found by Health Visitors | 68 | 68 | 28 | 69 | 233 |
| By Private Doctors and Mid wives | — | — | — | — | — |
| Reported to Centre voluntarily | 79 | 59 | 16 | 49 | 203 |
| Totals | 261 | 244 | 110 | 190 | 805 |
Ante-natal Visiting.—To the 805 expectant mothers who became
known to the centres, primary visits were paid by health visitors.
Subsequent visits were also paid to these cases to the number of 1,681.
The attendances by those mothers at the clinics are detailed below :—
Table IV.—Ante-natal Clinics.
| Centre. | Sessions. | First Attendance. | Subsequent Attendances. | Total. | No. of Individuals. |
| Ebury Bridge | 51 | 112 | 162 | 274 | 108 |
| Bessborough Street | 47 | 115 | 176 | 291 | 165 |
| West minster Heal til Society. | 51 | 89 | 379 | 408 | 89 |
Ante-natal clinics are .also held at Charing Cross, St. George's, Westminster
and Middlesex Hospitals for mothers who have made arrangements
for their confinements with these hospitals.
Mothercraft.—Classes in mothercraft are held at the various centres,
and health talks have been given each week throughout the year in
connection with those classes.