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Southall 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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Post-Natal and Birth Control Clinic.
Table No. 15.
Number of sessions held: 22 Number of attendances:—
| Post-Natal. | Birth Control. | |
|---|---|---|
| First Visits | 43 | 17 |
| Re-attendances | 30 | 135 |
Ante-Natal Clinics.
Sessions:—
Manor House, Tuesday, 2 p.m.-4 p.m., Thursday, 10 a.m.-12 noon.
Branch Centre, Tuesdays and Fridays, 10 a.m.-12 noon.
The arrangements detailed in the report for 1934 were unaltered during 1940.
The number of new patients seen at the ante-natal clinics during the year was 433, and
the total number of attendances was 2,469.
422 cases were completed during the year, and the attendances in respect of these
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were as follows:—
No. of Cases.
One attendance 34
Two attendances 35
Three attendances 38
Four attendances 54
Five attendances 55
Six or more attendances 206
The following table gives the figures for the last eight years and the proportion of
new cases to re-visits.
Table No. 16.
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | 264 | 782 | 296 | 734 | 35.9 |
| 1934 | 244 | 518 | 212 | 780 | 31.3 |
| 1935 | 265 | 867 | 327 | 835 | 31.7 |
| 1936 | 300 | 998 | 333 | 827 | 36.3 |
| 1937 | 407 | 1333 | 327 | 848 | 47.9 |
| 1938 | 531 | 2157 | 406 | 856 | 62.03 |
| 1939 | 506 | 2109 | 453 | 824 | 61.42 |
| 1940 | 433 | 2036 | 5.70 | 732 | 59.16 |
Of the 2,469 total attendances, 1,458 occurred at the Manor House centre and
1,011 at the Branch centre.
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