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STATISTICS OP ATTENDANCES AT PRE-NATAL CENTRES.
Number on Registers: 1944. 1943.
January 1st. 195 159
December 31st. 113 195
New cases during the year 407 489
Number of sessions held 138 136
Total attendances 2782 3297
Average per session 20.16 24.24
POST-NATAL CLINIC.
The Post-Natal Clinic was continued throughout the
year and the following are details of the attendances:
Attendances 106. Sessions 12 Average 8.83
CARE OP ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN (Circular 2866)
This matter was considered during the year and the
Council agreed to participate in the scheme of the
Middlesex County Council. No case requiring assistance
occurred during the year.
In the Circular mentioned above, The Ministry of
Health set out various suggestions in which help and
advice may be given to the unmarried mother and her
child. These follow generally the lines along which
the Health Visitors in Southgate have for many years
worked, in co-operation with the Edmonton Diocesan
Moral Welfare Worker.
CARE OP PREMATURE INFANTS (Circular 20/44)
The Council gave consideration to this matter and
agreed to purchase two draught-proof cots, together with
electric pads, hot water bottles and other equipment for
issue on loan to mothers of premature infants nursed at
home. No special conveyances were contemplated. The
Borough ambulances have been equipped for several years
with electrically heated blankets.
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