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FAMILY PLANNING
The assistance given to the Croydon Family Planning Association of a
financial grant and free facilities at Corporation clinics was continued.
Domiciliary Family Planning by Specialist Midwife
The specialist midwife undertaking this work was employed part-time
(approx. 60%) until 1st August 1971, after which she became a full-time
member of staff devoting all her time to this service.
Although the numbers are small the results are encouraging as shown
by the breakdown of the 1970 statistics.
1970
New patients seen 68
Patients where no advice was appropriate for various reasons
e.g. already pregnant 12
Of the remaining 56, at the end of 1971:-
3 had subsequently become pregnant
1 I.U.D. failure - cause unknown
1 I.U.D. extruded
1 failure to persist with contraceptive pill
4 cases were referred by social workers and the rest by health
visitors.
1971
New patients seen 177
Number of visits 1,065
Patients prescribed the 'pill' 42
fitted with I.U.D. 50
" cap 10
using other methods 43
where no method
was advised 35
Vasectomy 15