Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 18
ANTE-NATAL AND POST-NATAL CLINICS, 1950.
No. of clinics provided at end of year (whether held at Child Welfare Centres or other premises) | No. of sessions held at end of year per month at clinics included in col. (2) | No. of women In attendance | Total No. of attendances made by women included in col. (4) during the year. | ||
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No. of women who attended during the year | No. of new cases included in col. (4) i.e. for A.,N. clinics women who had not previously attended any clinic during current, pregnancy & f or P.N. clinics women who had not previously attended any P.N. clinic after last confinement. | ||||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) |
Local Health Authority Clinics | |||||
Ante-natal clinics | 2 | 36 | 1,735 | 1,338 | 7,453 |
Post-natal clinics | - | - | 275† | 271† | 320† |
Clinic belonging to other L.H.A.+ | . | ||||
Ante-natal, clinics | 1 | 2 | 29 | 10 | |
Post-natal clinics | - | - | 6† | 6† | 8† |
+ By arrangement with L.C.C. at Fernhill Street Baths, North Woolwich, E.16.
† Post-natal patients seen at ante-natal clinics and these numbers are not included in the ante-natal figures.
Note:- No clinics were discontinued or new premises opened during the year.
No ante-natal or post-natal examinations were carried out. by General Practitioners at the mother's home or the
practioner's surgery under arrangements made with the Local Health Authority.