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Water.
Plenty of water should be taken daily.
Therefore
DON'T EAT THINGS THAT DISAGREE WITH YOU.
MAKE SURE YOUR DIET INCLUDES MILK, GREENS
AND FRUIT.
KEEP YOUR BOWELS WELL OPEN.
Consult your Doctor if you don't feel well or notice any
worrying symptoms such as — headache, sickness, trouble with
your eye sight, swelling of the feet, discharge, red ' shows,'
faintness, giddiness.
' Extra Nourishment' in the Winter, Cod Liver Oil or any
similar preparation, for example, Malt, Emulsion or Virol is
useful, but only if it agrees with the mother. Bemax may be
taken with advantage at any time of the year."
Regarding the clinics it is becoming increasingly common
for doctors to advise their patients to call to see the various
patterns of clothing displayed there. Such health education
is ever in the forefront of the Council's services and this cooperation
is very gratifying.
Post natal clinics.
Two sessions are now held monthly, one at One Tree Hill,
the other at Stag Lane, the service being provided at the end
of the year.
First attendances 17
Total attendances 19
No. of sessions 4
Gynaecological Clinic.
The number of patients attending during the year was:—
New Cases 91
Subsequent attendances 111
Average attendance per session:—
New Cases 4.0
Subsequent attendance 4.4
Birth Control. A report by Mrs. E. Fisher, M.D., D.P.H.,
follows:—
During the year, January—December, 1938, 104 new
patients visited the clinic as compared with 74 in the previous
year, the total number of attendances being 210. A great
proportion of the cases are nursing mothers who wish to
defer further pregnancy till the baby has been weaned. One
mother had had nine children in nine years; another had five
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