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Leyton 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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The total number of first attendances during 1933 was 406,
the corresponding figure for 1932 being 487. The total number of
attendances at all clinics during the year was 958, the average
attendance per session being 6.65.
Of the 406 expectant mothers who made first attendances
during 1933, 109 had not been confined by the end of the year
and the results of these cases will be included in the annual report
for 1934. On the other hand, 146 cases were carried over from
1932, and, when these are included, details of 443 cases are available.
Of that number 21 were not pregnant, and the following table deals with the
attendances of the remaining 422.
| Number of Expectant Mothers who attended. 422 | Percentage of Primigravidse. 36.50 | Percentage of Multipara. 63.50 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | * | % | * | |
| 1. Attended before 24th week of pregnancy | 23.37 | (36.47) | 26.49 | (26.90) |
| 2. Attended after 24th week and before 30th week | 26.62 | (20.58) | 22.38 | (25.45) |
| 3. Attended after 30th week and before 36th week | 6.49 | (7.64) | 5.59 | (5.45) |
| 4. Transferred | 27.27 | (18.82) | 16.41 | (16.72) |
| 5. Unsatisfactory | 16.22 | (16.47) | 29.10 | (25.45) |
| *Figures for previous year (1932) shown in brackets. | ||||
In the above table the percentages shown (1, 2 and 3) include
only those who continued to attend and who made from two to
eight attendances. That is to say, 56 per cent. of the primigravidae
and 54 per cent. of the multiparæ were, on the whole, satisfactory
in their attendance; (4) includes those who were transferred to
hospital after one attendance, or who ceased to attend for some
other known reason, e.g., removal from district, etc. The unsatisfactory
group (5) includes both those who attended early hi
pregnancy but did not attend regularly, and those whose first
attendance was made so late in pregnancy that it was possible to
see them once only.
The percentage of transferred cases in primigravidæ has
increased from 19 to 27. This reduces the other percentages and
gives an apparently unfavourable comparison with last year, but
the percentage of unsatisfactory cases remains the same as last
year. The multiparæ have not attended quite so well.