Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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Ante-Natal Clinics.
Number of Clinics held:— | 1939. | 1938. | 1937. | 1936. | 1935. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
(a) Consultant's Clinic | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 21 |
176 | 155 | 129 | 117 | 125 | |
(c) Midwives' Clinics | 234 | 294 | 349 | 352 | 225 |
Totals | 418 | 461 | 490 | 481 | 371 |
Number of Expectant Mothers who attended Ante-Natal Clinics | 733 | 702 | 753 | 691 | 762 |
Total attendances at Ante-Natal Clinics:— | |||||
(a) New patients | 733 | 702 | 753 | 691 | 762 |
5,750 | 6,032 | 5,501 | 5,354 | 4,543 | |
Totals | 6,483 | 6,734 | 6,254 | 6,045 | 5,305 |
Total number of attendances at:— | |||||
117 | 186 | — | — | — | |
2,904 | 2,229 | 2,382 | 2,648 | 2,868 | |
(c) Midwives' Clinics | 3,462 | 4,319 | 3,872 | 3,397 | 2,437 |
Totals | 6,483 | 6,734 | 6,254 | 6,045 | 5,305 |
Average attendances per session :— | |||||
14.62 | 15.5 | — | — | — | |
16.5 | 14.38 | 16.9 | |||
(c) Midwives' Clinics | 14.79 | 14.69 | 11.0 | — | — |
Post-Natal Clinics.
Number of Clinics held 47
Number of attendances:—
(a) New patients 401
(b) Old patients 155
Total 556
The percentage of new patients relative to the number of confinements
in the Hospital was 67.3.
Average attendance per session, 11.8.