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(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 8.6
Average attendances 14.6
(f) Post-natal Clinic
No. of attendances at Maternity Home 352
No. of post-natal examinations at other
Corporation Clinics 78
(g) Home Helps.
No. of applications 126
No. cancelled or not proceeded with 23
No. of Homes attended 103
No. of attendances (days) 1,659
(h) Domestic Helps
No. of applications 61
No. cancelled or not proceeded with 6
No. of Homes attended 55
No. of attendances (days) 1,682
(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 1947. The
denture supply service was again used to a considerable
extent as the following table shows.