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East Ham 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 13
ANTE NATAL AND POST NATAL CLINICS 1955
| No of clinics provided at end of year (whether held at Child Wei-fare Centres or other premises) | No. of sessions held at end of year per month at clinics in eluded in col (2) | No, of women in attendance | Total No of attendances made i by women included in col (4)during t he year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No of womer who attended during the year | No. of new cases incLuded in col (4) i. e, f<5r 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 | 4 | 44 | 1 316 | 953 | 5, 703 |
| Post natal clinics | 275/ | 271/ | 316/ | ||
| Clinic belonging to other L H A Ante natal clinics | 1 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 63 |
| Post-natal clinics | 1/ | 1/ | 1/ | ||
+ By arrangements 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
No clinics were discontinued or new premises opened during the year
No ante natal or pest 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
Whilst mothers booked for domiciliary confinement are examined at ante natal clinics by the midwife with whom
they are booked a medical officer who is examining mothers booked for hospital also is at the clinic and is
readily available for consultation should the midwife consider this necessary There are at present 8 such sessions
by midwives each month.