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City of Westminster 1970

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

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Table: Table 30.—Clinic ServicesAnte-Natal and Post-Natal Clinics

Table 30.—Clinic Services

Ante-Natal and Post-Natal Clinics

Number of women AttendedNumber of sessions held byTotal Attendances
For Ante-natal ExaminationFor Post-natal ExaminationMedical OfficersMidwivesMedical Officer SessionsMidwives Sessions
1970825898354303,32248
19699221,067402454,57492

Table: Table 31.—Mothercraft and Ante-Natal Exercises

Table 31.—Mothercraft and Ante-Natal Exercises

19701969
Total number of women who attended during the year474740
Total number of attendances during the year2,2952,897
Total number of sessions during the year255311

Table: Table 32.—Family Planning

Table 32.—Family Planning

City Council Clinics:
Number of patients seen904 (884 female; 20 male)
Total number of attendances3,305
Total number of sessions247
These figures relate to 9 months period ended 31 st December 1970
Family Planning Association Clinics:
Number of Westminster residents seen—2,300

Table: Table 33.—Child Welfare Centres

Table 33.—Child Welfare Centres

Number of children who attended during the yearTotal number of sessionsTotal number of attendancesTotal medical examinationsNumber of children on handicapped register at end of year
Born in 1970Born in 1969Born in 1965-8Total
2,1462,4012,7037,2502,14639,83514,115363
19698,2092,19543,48616,301385