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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE 24.
Statement Showing Work of the Municipal Ante-Natal and Post-Natal Clinics.
| 1938. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apl. | May. | June. | July. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Sessions | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 63 |
| Now Ante-natal cases | 17 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 24 | 4 | 159 |
| New Post-natal cases | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 49 |
| Attendances Ante-natal | 58 | 55 | 77 | 47 | 45 | 62 | 46 | 45 | 50 | 41 | 68 | 43 | 637 |
| Attendances Post-natal | 7 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 73 |
| Transferred to Queen Charlotte's Hospital | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Transferred to St. Mary Abbots Hospital | 7 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 4 | — | — | 78 |
| Transferred to Paddington Hospital | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| Put on special diet | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pads and belts provided | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 |
| High blood pressure | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Low blood pressure | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| X-ray examinations | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 8 |
| Referred to Dental clinic | 1 | — | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | — | 43 |
| Urine Tests | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Undernourished | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Miscarriage | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Threatened miscarriage | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Cases referred by— Hospitals | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 8 |
| Midwives | — | 5 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 24 |