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The work is carried out efficiently by these organisations
and the Council give considerable financial
aid.
During the year 1945, the District Nursing visits
for the whole of the Borough totalled 20,248, and for
the year 1944 this figure was 18,031.
(2) Maternity and Child Welfare Services.
(a) Ante-Natal and Post-Natal Supervision.
There has been an increase in the number of
attendances at your Ante-Natal, Post-Natal and
Gynaecological Clinics, due to the ending of the war
and the consequent return of families from evacuation.
Statistics in relation to these attendances for the
years 1944 and 1945, are given below :—

(b) Alidivifery.
(i) Supervision.—There were seventeen midwives
practising in the Borough at the end
of the year, 11 of whom were employed at
the Barking Maternity Unit. During the
year 1945, midwives sought medical assistance
in 130 cases; 43 of these were on
behalf of babies.