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Walthamstow 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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(h) District Maternity and Midwifery.—A total of 44 confinements
were attended by the district sister during 1935, 35
being midwifery and 9 maternity cases. The visits paid were as
follows : Ante-Natal, 88; Natal, 561; Post-Natal, 58; Total, 707.
(i) Clinical.— The very full clinical report following has
been compiled by the Resident Medical Officer, Dr. Helen
Rodway, M.C.O.G.:-
THORPE COOMBE MATERNITY HOME CLINICAL
REPORT.
The statistical detail is arranged in the form recommended
by the Royal Society of Medicine for the unification of clinical
reports of Maternity Hospitals (1928). Statistics for 1934 are
included in the report for comparison with the present year.
| 1935 | 1934 | |
|---|---|---|
| Consultants' Clinics | 21 | 39 |
| Doctors' Clinics | 125 | - |
| Midwives' Clinics | ||
| 121 | - | |
| (b) Examination | 104 | 165 |
| Total | 371 | 204 |
| Number of expectant mothers who attended the Ante-Natal Clinics :— | ||
| (i) Primiparæ | 457 | 187 |
| (ii) Multipara | 305 | 184 |
| Total | 762 | 371 |
| Total attendances made :— | ||
| 762 | 371 | |
| 4,543 | 1,745 | |
| Total | 5,305 | 2,116 |
| Average attendance per session | 14.3 | 12.8 |
| Number of cases admitted to the Maternity Home during the Ante-Natal period | 97 | 29 |