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Southall 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]

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Birth Control.
The arrangement with the North Kensington Women's Welfare Centre
by which suitable patients are sent to the centre from this district, was continued
during the first nine months of the year. A grant was made by the Council to
the centre to cover the cost of the services rendered.
During this period the total number of attendances made at the North
Kensington Women's Welfare Centre by Southall residents was 133. Of these,
40 were with respect to new patients and 93 were re-attendances.
On the 13th September sessions of a new Post-Natal and a Birth Control
Clinic were commenced. These are held at the Manor House at 10 a.m. on
the second and fourth Monday in the month, and the services of Dr. Jocelyn
Moore, a specialist in this particular branch of work, have been secured.
Pamphlets are available and are distributed indicating the advantages
to be derived from an examination by a competent specialist about six weeks
after child-birth and the attendances at the clinic have been satisfactory.
Injuries not apparent to the mother may be detected and at this early stage
cure is frequently brought about rapidly and without any great inconvenience
to the patient.
The Birth Control Clinic is available to all married women in whom
pregnancy for health reasons is undesirable, and a decision as to what is
detrimental to health is left to the discretion of the Medical Officer in charge.
The desirability of adequate spacing of births is important in maintaining
physical well being and perfect health which enables a woman to enjoy her
rightful place in modern society.
Attendances at these clinics from the 13th September to the 31st
December are included in the sub-joined table.

T able No. 14.

Post- Natal.Birth Control.
First visits3331
Re-attendances1328

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.
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