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East Ham 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 18
ANTE-NATAL AND POST-NATAL CLINICS
| No. of clinics provided at end of year (whether held at Child Welfare Centres or other premises) | No. of Sessions held 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) | |||||
| 1958 | 1959 | 1958 | 1959 | 1958 | 1959 | 1958 | 1959 | 1958 | 1959 | |
| Local Health Authority Clinics | ||||||||||
| Ante-natal clinics | 4 | 4 | 36 | 36 | 1200 | 1123 | 920 | 910 | 4676 | 4084 |
| Post-natal clinics4 | - | 131 | 135 | 131 | 124 | 141 | 168 | |||
| Clinic belonging to other L.H.A.+ | ||||||||||
| Ante-natal clinics | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 82 | 37 |
| Post-natal clinics † | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 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 open 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
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.