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(b) Co-operation with General Practitioners. 128 of the
638 cases admitted to the Corporation Maternity Home
during 1946 were general practitioners' cases.
(c) Consultant Services. The consultant was called on
nine occasions to see patients in the Maternity Home.
1946. Monthly Sessions.
No. of consultation clinics 12
No. of cases seen 171
No. sent by general practitioners 35
No. sent by midwives 2
(d) Maternity Accommodation. This is provided in the
Corporation Maternity Home (26 beds) and during 1945 the
Council made an agreement with the K.C.C. for payment for
Bexley mothers admitted to the County Hospitals. Accommodation
has become available again in the Memorial
Hospital, Woolwich, and has continued to be available in the
British Hospital for Mothers and Babies, Woolwich, and local
Nursing Homes. A few births occur in the Inner London
Hospitals.
(e) Ante-natal Clinics.
Average number of sessions weekly 7.4
Average attendances 16.9
(f) Post-natal Clinic.
No. of attendances at Maternity Home 298
No. of post-natal examinations at other
Corporation Clinics 70
(g) Home Helps.
No. of applications 139
No. cancelled or not proceeded with 25
No. of Homes attended 95
No. of attendances (days) 1,712
(h) Domestic Helps.
No. of applications 25
No. cancelled or not proceeded with 3
No. of Homes attended 28
No. of attendances (days) 603
(i) Dental Treatment. The provisions for dental treatment
of nursing and expectant mothers and children under five
years of age instituted in 1938, were continued during 1946.
The denture supply service was again used to a considerable
extent as the following table shows.
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