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Woodside Park; area continued to attend.
In spite of the temporary dislocation due to the war the total
attendances of 53,000 were the highest recorded with the exception of
the year 1938.
ANTE-NATALSUPERVISION.
There was a marked increase in the volume of this work, the
number of expectant mothers who attended being 4,196 as against 3,192
in the previous year, a contributory factor being the arrangement
made with Redhill County Hospital by which mothers who had been
accepted for confinement at that hospital were supervised ante-natally
at their local health centres.
The amount of domiciliary midwifery carried out by the Council's
Midwives also increased, 263 mothers being attended, and a total of
164 by the Watling District Nursing Association under arrangements
made with this Authority, in pursuance of Section I of the Midwives
Act, 1936.
HEALTHVISITORS.
At the outbreak of war 9 Health Visitors were temporarily transferred
to A.R.P. duties, mainly in connection with the establishment
and supervision of First Aid Posts and Mobile Units. This for a
period brought home visitation almost to a standstill but these Health
Visitors were gradually returned to duty and at the end of the year
only 3 still remained in the A.R.P. service and steps were being taken
for their early return to their normal duties.
SANITARY SERVICES.
These were, and still are, adversely affected by the outbreak of
war. One Sanitary Inspector was seconded for A.R.P. duties, and for
the remaining portion of the year 3 others were employed almost whole
time in that service. This meant that practically the whole of the
routine inspections and supervision had to be abandoned, and only the
more urgent sanitary matters were dealt with. By the end of the year,
however, steps were being taken to release, as far as possible, those
Sanitary Inspectors who had been absorbed into the A.R.P. services and