Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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9.
The numbers of attendances at the Maternity and Child Welfare
Centres during 1945 may be compared with preceding years:-
TABLE VIII
1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. of Maternity and Child Welfare sessions held | 911 | 952 | 909 | 925 | 934 | 1016 | 1033 |
No. of new members admitted | 1923 | 2276 | 2074 | 2316 | 2298 | 2252 | 2442 |
Total No. of attendances | 53009 | 50763 | 48245 | 49960 | 54962 | 49334 | 55282 |
The average attendances at the Child 'Welfare sessions during the five
years immediately preceding the out-break of war was 46,600. It is
gratifying to see therefore from the foregoing Table, despite the
difficulties attendant upon war-time conditions, that the numbers attending
each year exceeded the pre-war average.
Maternal Care.
Ante-natal Clinics. The ante-natal clinics are held in the five
permanent Health Centres. Each session is attended by an Assistant Medical
Officer, a Health Visitor and the Midwife of the area. At Watling Health
Centre the Midwives of the Watling District Nursing Association attend.
Owing to increasing numbers it was found necessary to establish an extra
session per week at Child's Hill, The ante-natal programme is shown below:-
table IX
District | No. of sessions per week. | day | A.M. or P.M. |
---|---|---|---|
Central Hendon | 2 | Wednesday Wednesday | a.m. p.m. |
Child's Hill | 3 | Tuesday Friday Friday | a.m. a.m. p.m. |
Mill Hill | 2 | Tuesday Thursday | a.m. a.m. |
Watling | 2 | Thursday Friday | a.m. a.m. |
West Hendon | 2 | Tuesday Friday | a.m. a.m. |