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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bromley 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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Ante-Natal Clinics.
The work of these clinics has grown owing to the increased number of confinements and the additional clinic held on Tuesday evenings.
| Number of sessions held | 70 |
| Number of medical consultations | 421 |
| Number of attendances of patients | 714 |
Maternity Hospital Provision.
The Municipal Midwifery Service provides inpatient
treatment by arrangement with the County Hospital,
Farnborough. 147 admissions under finanancial
assistance, including pre-natal cases, during 1041,
Dental Scheme for Nursing and Expectant Mothers.
| Mr. J. H. Glen, School Dental Surgeon, has submitted the following figures for 1942:— | |
| Number of sessions held | 48 |
| Number of attendances of mothers | 393 |
| Number of patients discharged—treatment complete | 81 |
| Details of Treatment. | |
| Attendances for Gas extractions | 92 |
| Attendances for local extractions | 38 |
| Extractions | 574 |
| Fillings | 85 |
| Dentures fitted | 52 |
| Attendances for denture work | G9 |
| Administration of Midwives Acts, 1902-1936. | |
| Number of midwives practising in the area at the end of 1942 | 19 |
| Number of confinements attended:— | |
| (a) as midwives 464 | |
| (b) as maternity nurses 307 | 771 |
| Number of cases in which medical aid was summoned during the year under section 14(1) Midwives Act 1918, by a midwife for domiciliary cases | 49 |