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Of the total live births during the year 414, or 56.8 per cent.
were attended by midwives, the remainder being attended by
medical practitioners.
BIRTH RATE.
The birth rate for the year was 18.7, compared with 16.3 for
England and Wales.
MATERNITY AND INFANT WELFARE.
The Ante-Natal Clinics.
The work of the Clinics was carried on as in previous years, and
one extra session was commenced at the Alexandra Clinic in
August, 1929.
The attendances during the year were well maintained. The
number of primary attendances was 386, compared with 398 for
1928. Reattendances numbered 1,180 in 1929, and 1,063 during 1928.
One hundred and twenty-three sessions were held during the year,
making an average attendance of 12.5 mothers per session.
Expectant mothers attending the Ante-natal Clinics are drawn
from the following classes :—
(a) Patients intending to enter the Upney Maternity Ward for
confinement.
(b) Those engaging with the midwives of the Plaistow Maternity
Charity.
(c) Patients engaging with private midwives.
Post Natal Cases.
Twenty-three cases attended by midwives were referred by them
or by the health visitors for examination at the Ante-natal Clinics
owing to the presence of defects following childbirth.