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BLOOD TESTS
Routine blood tests were carried out for ante-natal
patients as in previous years.
ANTE NATAL CARE
The arrangements in regard to the scope of ante-natal
supervision were detailed in the reports for 1956 and 1957.
The ante-natal co-operation card scheme introduced in 1957
is reported to be working well, and in 1959 was extended to
include expectant mothers booked for home confinement, or who
are supervised at local authority ante-natal clinics.
RELAXATION AND MOTHERCRAFT CLASSES
Classes have been continued at Markhouse Road Health
Services Clinic on Tuesdays at 2 p.m., at West Avenue Health
Services Clinic at 2 p.m. on Wednesdays, and at Silverdale
Road Health Services Clinic on Thursdays at 2 p.m. An
additional class is now held on Fridays at 2 p.m. at the
recently opened Higham Hill and Priory Court Health Services
Clinic.
NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS
2, 205 births (701 of which belonged to other areas) were
notified during the year under the Public Health Act, 1936.
Notifications were received as follows: Doctors, 424;
Midwives 1,779; Others, 2.
Also included are 46 still-births, 16 of which belonged to
other areas. Of the total, 12 occurred outside the Borough.
CARE OF PREMATURE INFANTS
During 1959, 82 live premature infants were born to
residents of the Borough, 14 at home and 68 in hospitals and
nursing homes.
Of the 14 born at home, 2 were transferred to hospital.
Of the remaining 12 who were nursed entirely at home, all
survived the first 28 days of life.
MORAL WELFARE
The 'Carville' Home, now at 43 West Avenue Road, E. 17, is
administered by the Walthamstow Deanery Branch of the Chelmsford
Diocesan Moral Welfare Association. The home provides accommodation
for a total of sixteen mothers and their babies and has
a high record of care and service.