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Of the total live births during the year 470, or 59.5 per centwere
attended by midwives, the remainder being attended by
medical practitioners.
BIRTH RATE.
The birth rate for the year was 19.7, compared with 16.7 for
England and Wales.
MATERNITY AND INFANT WELFARE.
The Ante-Natal Clinic.
The work of the Clinic was carried on as in previous years. _
The attendances during the year were well maintained. The
number of primary attendances was 398, compared with 340 for
1927. Reattendances numbered 1,063 in 1928, and 872 during 1927.
One hundred and two sessions were held during the year, making
an average attendance of 14 mothers per session.
Expectant mothers attending the Ante-natal Clinic are drawn
from the following classes :—
(a) Patients intending to enter the Upney Maternity Ward for.
confinement.
(b) Thoseengaging with the midwives of the Plaistow Maternity
Charity.
(c) Patients engaging with private midwives.
Post Natal Cases.
Seventeen cases attended by midwives were referred by them or
by the health visitors for examination at the Ante-natal Clinic
owing to the presence of defects following childbirth.