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Ante-Natal Clinics.
The first Ante-Natal Clinic was established by the Council in June,
1931. Since then an increasing number of sessions has been required,
and these are now held from 2.30 to 4.0 p.m. at:—
(a) 69, Brighton Road, Purley, on the first, second and fourth Mondays in
each month.
(b) The Methodist Church, Sylverdale Road, Purley, on the first and third
Wednesdays in each month.
(c) The Baptist Church, Addington Road, Selsdon, on the second Wednesday
in each month.
It will be seen from the following tabular statement of attendances
that 248 new ante-natal cases presented themselves during 1938, as
compared with 214, 243, 180, 143 and 114 in the preceding five years.
This suggests that in approximately 33 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 figures
for the preceding years being 30, 36, 29, 23 and 22 per cent.