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This shows an increase in the number of re-visits (from 518 to 867) and
is probably due mainly to more following-up on the part of the Health Visitors,
and a greater appreciation of the benefits of supervision.
Of the 1,132 total attendances, 792 occurred at the Manor House clinic
and 340 at the Branch Centre in Allenby Road. Although the number of births
is about the same in the two districts the number of ante-natal attendances
differs considerably. Some of the sessions at the Manor House are uncomfortably
crowded, while some of the sessions at the Branch Centre are poorly attended.
This is probably mainly for two reasons: firstly, the existence of an ante-natal
clinic at the Branch Centre is still hardly known, and secondly, the Branch
Centre is not a good place for the clinic. It is on the edge of the district, it is
difficult to heat and is draughty in winter, and the dressing and examination
accommodation are both far short of satisfactory. By the end of the year a
draft plan had been got out for the proposed new Centre in Jubilee Gardens,
and it is to be hoped that the erection of this centre will be not long delayed.
Of the 265 new cases seen during the year, 217 were pregnant women
and the remaining 48 were non-pregnant or post-natal cases. Of the 217
pregnant women 78 were either uncompleted cases at the end of the year or
had left the district. These therefore are omitted from this report which deals
with 227 completed cases, 88 for 1934 and 139 occurring in 1935.
Of these cases 192 were normal and 35 showed abnormalities.