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East Ham 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 19,
ANTE-NATAL AND POST-NATAL CLINICS, 1951.
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 & for 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 | 3 | 40 | 1,618 | 1,197 | 8,313 |
| Post-natal clinics | - | - | 379 + | 377 + | 445 + |
| Clinic belonging to other L.H.A.+ | |||||
| Ante-natal clinics | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 99 |
| Post-natal clinics | - | - | 6 + | 6 + | 7 + |
+ 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
practitioner's surgery under arrangements made with the Local Health Authority.
The clinics mentioned in previous reports continued in use and in addition,
by agreement with the Local Education Authority a combined Ante-Natal
and Infant Welfare Clinic is held at the Roman Manor Community Centre, E.6.
every Wednesday morning. This extra clinic commenced on 6.6.51„
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