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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
Marylebone 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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STATEMENT SHOWING WORK OF THE ANTE-NATAL AND POST-NATAL CLINICS HELD AT THE MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE CENTRE, SALISBURY STREET, DURING 1984 :—
| Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apl. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Totals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Sessions | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 50 |
| New Ante-Natal cases | 9 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 106 |
| New Post-natal cases | 5 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 3 | - | 7 | 62 |
| Attendances Ante-natal | 19 | 40 | 29 | 44 | 60 | 39 | 42 | 33 | 25 | 30 | 28 | 20 | 409 |
| Attendances Post-natal | 21 | 33 | 24 | 15 | 31 | 22 | 21 | 13 | 16 | 22 | 19 | 6 | 243 |
| Total attendances | 54 | 92 | 62 | 81 | 115 | 71 | 75 | 56 | 61 | 63 | 53 | 37 | 820 |
| Transferred to Queen Charlotte's Hospital | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| Transferred to St. Charles Hospital | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Transferred to St. Marylebone Home | - | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 37 |
| Transferred to other Hospitals | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| Put on special diet | - | 6 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 13 |
| Pads and belts provided | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 12 |
| High blood pressure | 5 | 5 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 19 |
| Low blood pressure | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| X-ray examinations | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| Referred to Dental clinic | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 20 |
| Urine Tests | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| Sent to Royal Free Hospital for diagnosis | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Undernourished | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| Miscarriage | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 6 |
| Threatened miscarriage | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Cases referred by— Hospitals | 2 | 3 | - | 6 | 7 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 20 |
| Midwives | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | 8 |