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The service is freely available to all having home confinements,
provided there are no medical contra-indications, and each expectant
mother on booking the midwife is supplied with a leaflet explaining the
nature and the availability of the service.

*Includes 197 running concurrently with Doctors' Clinics.
All patients booked for admission to the Maternity Hospital are
medically examined at the Ante-natal Clinics. The first examination takes
place at the 10th week of pregnancy, or as soon as possible after that
time if the booking for hospital admission is not made until after the
10th week. Further, arrangements are made for all hospital booked patients
to see the Obstetric Registrar at either the Ilford Maternity Hospital or
the Mayesbrook Ante-natal Clinic at about the 35th week of pregnancy.
In conjunction with the Ante-natal Clinics at the Manford Way
and Mayesbrook Clinics the Health Visitors hold classes for relaxation
exercises. During 1960 there were 98 sessions at the Mayesbrook Clinic,
with 857 attendances, and 99 sessions at Manford Way Clinic, with 788
attendances. A weekly session was also run by Health Visitors at
Kenwood Gardens Clinic, 48 sessions being held in the year, with 436
attendances and at Heathcote Avenue Clinic from September 1960, 12
sessions being held, with 75 attendances.
Relaxation exercises classes are in addition held by the staff
of the Ilford Maternity Hospital for patients attending the Ante-natal
Clinic there.