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Total attendance of Post Natal Mothers
67
119
Individual Post-Natal Mothers who attended
56
99
Average weekly attendance of Post-Natal Mothers
1.3
2.5
Dried Milk and other foods for mothers and children are sold at cost price
and during 1945 the receipts totalled £862.
War-Time Nursery.
Accommodation at Nos. 214 and 218, Anerley Road, allowed for the reception
during the day of 40 children 0-2 years and 60 children between the ages
of 2-5 years. The Night Nursery at No. 218, Anerley Road was closed on the
31st December, 1944, in consequence of the lack of children requiring admission.
The attendances during the year were as follows :—
0—2
years
2—5
years
Total
attendances
Average
daily
attendance
Average daily
attendance
(excl. Sats.)
Opened 298 days 5,246
9.857
15,103
50.68
56.21
The highest daily attendance was 81 and the lowest 8. The Saturday attendances
were well below the average for the other days of the week.
The highest average monthly attendance was 67.42 in November and the
lowest 32.85 in January.
Sessions for the routine medical inspection of the children were held fortnightly.
Maternity Hospital.
During the year, 142 Penge cases were admitted to the Penge and Beckenham
Joint Maternity Hospital, Stone Park Avenue, Beckenham.
The following table gives the number of mothers admitted annually for
the last five years :—
Year
Total Cases
admitted
Penge Cases
Beckenham Cases
Other Cases
1941
310
79
228
3
1942
570
119
447
4
1943
571
118
453
-
1944
373
84
277
12
1945
561
142
419
-
The average period spent in the Hospital during the year by each patient
was 14 days.
Maternity cases sent to the County Hospital, Farnborough, Kent, totalled
46 and 3 patients were evacuated under the London County Council's scheme
for Expectant Mothers.