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East Ham 1940

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]

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Table: ANTE-NATAL AND POST NATAL SERVICES.

ANTE-NATAL AND POST NATAL SERVICES.

Ante-NatalPost Natal.
(a) Ante natal and Post-natal Clinics (whether held at Infant Welfare Centres or at other premises)
(i) Number of Clinics provided and maintained2-
(ii) Number of these Clinics open at 31st December,2-
(iii) Total number of women who attended at the Clinic during the year706-
(b) Total number of expectant mothers ante- natally examined & of cases post- natally examined during the year,under arrangements made by the Council with private medical practitioners, excluding--

Table: SUPPLY OF MILK AND FOOD.Total quantity of milk supplied during the year to expectant mothers & nursing mothers & young children;-

SUPPLY OF MILK AND FOOD.

Total quantity of milk supplied during the year to expectant mothers & nursing mothers & young children;-

Liquid Gallons.Dried Pounds.
1,81617,970
(ii) by Voluntary Associations operating in the area of the Council--
Totals:1,81617,970

Table: Cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum notified during the year in which:-

Cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum notified during the year in which:-

(a) Vision was unimpaired2
-
(d) the patient was still under treatment at the end
(e) the patient died1
(f) the patient removed from the district-
(g) classification under the above heads cannot be made (details of these cases should be attached)—
Total :3

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MATERNITY ACCOMkODAT1ON.
As sot out in my 1939 Report, tho accommodation for women whose homes
are unsuitable for their confinements and require in-patient treatment
is Forest Gate Hospital, Maternity and District Nurses Home,
Plaistow, and Queen Mary's Hospital, Stratford.
During 1940 108 cases were admitted to Forest Gate Hospital.
INSPECTION OF MIDLIVES.'
Visits of inspection, as necessary, wore paid during the year ana the
midwives' work, including records, was satisfactory.
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