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Southall-Norwood 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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Ante-Natal Clinics.
Sessions:
Manor House, Tuesday 2 p.m.—4 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m.—12 noon.
Branch Centre, Tuesday 10 a.m.—12 noon.
The arrangements detailed in my report for 1934 were unaltered during
1936. The number of patients seen at the ante-natal clinics during the year
1936 was 343, and the total number of attendances was 1,298.
225 cases were completed during the year, and the attendances in respect of these were as follows:—
| No. of cases. | |
|---|---|
| One attendance | 35 |
| Two attendances | 19 |
| Three attendances | 21 |
| Four attendances | 28 |
| Five attendances | 22 |
| Six or more attendances | 100 |
The following table gives the figures for the last seven years and the
proportion of new cases to re-visits.
TABLE N O . 14.
| First visits | Re-visits | Average number of re-visits per patient | Total number of births in the District | Percentage of new cases to total births | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | 182 | 267 | 1.46 | 606 | 30.0 |
| 1931 | 260 | 528 | 2.03 | 672 | 38.7 |
| 1932 | 289 | 604 | 2.09 | 776 | 37.2 |
| 1933 | 264 | 782 | 2.96 | 734 | 35.9 |
| 1934 | 244 | 518 | 2.12 | 780 | 31.3 |
| 1935 | 265 | 867 | 3.27 | 835 | 31.7 |
| 1936 | 300 | 998 | 3.33 | 827 | 36.3 |
These figures show an increase in 1936 both in the number of cases and
the proportion of cases to births.
Of the 1,298 total attendances, 797 occurred at the Manor House centre
and 501 at the Branch centre.
Of the 300 new cases seen during the year, 269 were pregnant women and
the remaining 31 were non-pregnant or post-natal cases. Of the 269 pregnant
women 124 were either uncompleted cases at the end of the year or had left
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