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Ante-Natal Clinics.
An Ante-natal Clinic was established by the Council in 1931, the
first session being held on the 24th June in that year.
In 1932 the number of sessions had to be increased owing to the
great appreciation of this facility, while in 1933 Clinics were established
at Purley and Coulsdon. Sessions are now being held from 2.30 to
4.0 p.m. at:—
(a) The Methodist Church, Brighton Road, Coulsdon, on the first, second
and fourth Monday in each month.
(b) The Methodist Church, Sylverdale Road, Purley, on the first and third
Wednesday in each month.
(c) The Baptist Church, Addington Road, Selsdon, on the second Wednesday
in each month.
The Clinic at Brighton Road, Coulsdon, will be transferred to 69,
Brighton Road, Purley, in July, 1937.
It will be seen from the following tabular statement of attendances
that 243 new ante-natal cases presented themselves during 1936, as
compared with 180, 143 and 114 in the preceding three years. This
suggests that in approximately 36 per cent. of the total births (live
and still) registered as belonging to the Urban District the mothers
had previously been examined under the Council's scheme, the corresponding
figures for the preceding years being 29, 26, 23 and 22 per cent.
The majority attending are subsequently confined by midwives
or at the Purley War Memorial and Queen Charlotte's Hospitals, but a
number are referred to the Clinic by local doctors for a second opinion
or for observation during the early months of pregnancy, where this
would not otherwise be forthcoming.