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Bromley 1943

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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9
SECTION B (II). MATERNITY AND CHILD
WELFARE.
NATAL SERVICES.
Municipal Midwifery Service.
With the increasing number of births more work accrued
for the midwives in respect of follow-up work of bookings,
ante-natal clinic, confinement attendances, and ante-natal and
post-natal visiting

Table: The following is comparaive table of statistics for thepast five years :—

The following is comparaive table of statistics for thepast five years :—

YearbookingsattendedcasesAnte-natalPost-natal
19393302503523114251
19402732294120473931
19412991894820663128
194249028414727564690
194352927524228934596

Table: Domiciliary Medical Practitioner Service.Number of medical examinations made by doctors :—

Domiciliary Medical Practitioner Service.Number of medical examinations made by doctors :—

Ante-natal29
Post-natal25
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A falling-off in this service has been inevitable, consequent
on the war service calls on doctors.

Table: Home Helps. No. of Home Helps employed:—

Home Helps. No. of Home Helps employed:—

(a) Whole-time2
(b) Occasional71
No. of cases attended113

Table: Applications for home helps have been hard to meet owing to the exigencies of National Service demands. Ante-natal Clinics.

Applications for home helps have been hard to meet owing to the exigencies of National Service demands. Ante-natal Clinics.

No. of sessions held:
(a) By Doctor 50
(b) By midwives only 52
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Attendances :
(a) For Doctor's examinations467
(b) For Midwives „500.967

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All cases seen by the midwives at the Ante-natal clinics
have either been examined by the doctor or referred to the
factor at least once.