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The Committee are extending this service to Bromley
Common in 1926, and as the attendance at Park Road
increases an additional session will be called for.
Ante-nataling of mothers who book for the Maternity
Hospital is effectively carried out by the staff of the Maternity
Hospital. One would like to see this general routine
in all midwifery practice.
It is worthy of notice that in the 1925 Report of the
Nursing Associations doing midwifery, 364 ante-natal visits
were made to 74 expectant mothers. This excellent work
needs every possible encouragement.
Ante=Natal Clinic, 1925.
Clinics held 11
New Patients 54
Total Attendances 89
Average per Clinic 8
Referred for treatment 6
Natal Service.
All births are notifiable to the Medical Officer of Health
and in only a few cases was there neglect to do so.
As certain babies are born outside the area they are not
reported upon until discovered in the course of home visiting
by the health visitors. It is very desirable that the home
address of the mother should be given in such notification of
birth so that information may be forwarded to the Medical
Officer of Health of the district to which the mother will
return after confinement.
Of the 555 births occurring in the Borough, no less than
364 were notified by general practitioners. This indicates
that 65 per cent. were attended at birth by doctors.