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POST-NATAL SERVICES.
Post-natal Examination.
259 women attended the clinic for post-natal examination and 3
attended their own doctors under the General Practitioner Ante-natal
scheme.
Puerperal Infection.
(a) Consultant Services: The consultant was summoned to two
patients suffering from puerperal pyrexia.
(b) Hospital Services: Eight patients were removed to the London
County Council North-Western Isolation Hospital.
(c) Home Nursing: Four patients notified as suffering from
puerperal pyrexia were nursed under the Council's arrangements by the
staff of the local District Nursing Association. In addition there were
11 cases attended by the Council's midwives who developed pyrexia or
were for other reasons suspected of being infectious.
BIRTH CONTROL CLINIC.
The clinic throughout the year was held at monthly intervals.
Increasing attendance though will necessitate its being held more frequently.
213 women, of whom 119 attended for the first time made a
total of 328 attendances. Advice is given only where medical grounds
render the pregnancy undesirable. No cases attended in which there
was no justification for advice being given.