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Fortunately both patients recovered, but there was a grave risk in
each case. They might easily have died, causing a maternal mortality
rate of 2.7 and not 0.9 which is the actual rate for the year.
The point of importance is that had this unfortunate woman who died
sought ante-natal care and had not attempted to end her pregnancy
she would most likely have been alive to-day, thus enabling the City to
have had a clean sheet as regards maternal mortality. It is cases such
as this and the two described above which can contribute to maternal
mortality quite irrespective of the most efficient maternity service which
it is possible to devise. They indicate the predominantly subjective or
individual aspect of maternal illness or mortality.
Infant Clinics.—These are held at the following centres at the times
mentioned :—
Council's Centres—
Ebury Bridge—2 p.m. Wednesday. 2 p.m. Friday.
15, Bessborough Street—2 p.m. Thursday and 2 p.m. Tuesday
(combined with ante-natal clinic).
Marshall Street—2 p.m. Wednesday.
Westminster Health Society—
Marsham Street—2 p.m. Tuesday. 2 p.m. Friday.
Toddlers' Clinic—3rd Tuesday each month at 10 a.m.
Clinics are also held at the Infants' Hospital, Vincent Square and
Charing Cross Hospital.
It will be noted from the following table of attendances that the
work at the centres continues satisfactorily, as shown by the average
attendance per session. The comparative totals since 1930 are also
shown.