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Southall 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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The arrangements detailed in the report for 1934 were unaltered during
1937. The number of patients seen at the ante-natal clinics during the year
1937 was 407, and the total number of attendances was 1,740.
225 cases were completed during the year, and the attendances in respect
of these were as follows:—
No. of cases.
One attendance 56
Two attendances 43
Three attendances 32
Four attendances 37
Five attendances 36
Six or more attendances 146
The following table gives the figures for the last seven years and the
proportion of new cases to re-visits.
Table No . 15.
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 1937 | 407 | 1333 | 3.27 | 848 | 47.9 |
These figures show an increase in 1937 both in the number of cases and
the proportion of cases to births.
Of the 1,740 total attendances, 1,005 occurred at the Manor House centre
and 735 at the Branch centre.
Of the 407 new cases seen during the year, 382 were pregnant women and
the remaining 25 were non-pregnant or post-natal cases. Of the 382 pregnant
women 115 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
350 completed cases, 83 for 1936 and 267 occurring in 1937.
Of these cases 319 were normal and 31 showed abnormalities.
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