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weight being given to the difficulty of persuading the woman who
"never felt better in her life" of the need to attend such centres.
The fact that 73 cases required treatment post natally establishes
the need there was for such provision. The Public Health
Service aims at making the mothers as "Post Natally Minded" as
the earlier figures have shown them to be "Ante Natally Minded."
The Gynaecological side of this clinic has also developed in a
satisfying manner. There were 132 gynaecological consultations,
and 44 were admitted to Mayday Hospital for operation or treatment.
Judging by the number of individuals who were on the
waiting lists of London Gynaecological Hospitals who came to this
clinic in order to have their complaints treated without further
delay, the available gynaecological beds in the borough were inadequate.
This has been remedied by establishing gynaecological
beds in Mayday Hospital.
Number of sessions held 88
Number of individuals presented 492
Number of subsequent attendances 358
Total number of attendances 850
Average attendance per session 9.66
Number of Post Natal cases 360
Number of Gynaecological cases 132

The morbidity among the post natal cases amounted to 20%