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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

Hornsey 1954

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]

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Table: TABLE 1

TABLE 1

Ante-natal ClinicNo. of sessions heldNo. of new casesTotal attendancesAverage attendance per session
A.N.P.N.A.N.P.N.
Burgoyne Road47110867779818.6
Church Road75151641,0636514.7
Fortis Green992191531,66816318.5
Hornsey Town Hall1602871652,43618416.4
Mildura Court64177741,3827522.8
Stroud Green52154669406819.4
The Chestnuts2504472433,21524713.8
Lordship Lane2063341672,36417312.3
Park Lane1043391591,65918417.7
Totals19541,0572,2181,17715,5041,25715.4
19531,0852,2841,32615,7331,40615.8
19521,0782,4611,33317,0631,37717.1
19511,0382,4391,33016,9991,33217.7

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Midwives Ante-natal Clinics
This service has been extended by the addition of a fortnightly
session at the Hornsey Town Hall Clinic. The following table shows
the attendances made at all clinics during the year:—

Table: TABLE 1A

TABLE 1A

Midwives' ClinicsNo. of sessions heldTotal No. of attendancesAverage attendance per session
Burgoyne Road451353.0
Fortis Green462906.3
Hornsey Town Hall241405.8
Mildura Court482004.2
Stroud Green502374.7
Park Lane1481,2098.2
Totals3612,2116.1

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Ante- and Post-Natal Clinic, Park Lane Medical Centre
Miss Margaret Salmond, m.b.e., m.d., f.r.c.s., consultant obstetrician,
reports as follows:—
"During the past year these clinics have been well attended and there
have been steady and regular bookings of new patients, the majority
of whom desire hospital confinements. As usual, there has been very
happy co-operation between the clinic and the hospitals concerned,
who have also done husbands' blood groupings for us on request.
Serious abnormalities have fortunately been few in number; minor
degrees of toxaemia and early potential essential hypertension are
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