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Southall 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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Ante-Natal Clinics.
The number of new patients seen at the ante-natal clinics during the year was 642,
and the total number of attendances was 3,554 (1,885 at the Manor House and 1,669 at the
Branch Centre).
551 cases were completed during the year, and the attendances in respect of these
were as follows :—
No. of Cases.
One attendance 64
Two attendances 52
Three attendances 56
Four attendances 62
Five attendances 80
Six or more attendances 227
No attendance 10
For table of comparison of figures for last eight years, and the proportion of new cases
to re-visits, see Appendix Table X. The latter figure has shown a gratifying increase during
the year in spite of war conditions, which would seem to tend to make it otherwise, as many
expectant mothers manage to attend regularly at the Ante-Natal Clinics, although they are
continuing to do work to which they have been directed, or which they require to do
because of monetary considerations.
Of the total cases seen, 780 (642 new cases and 138 brought forward from 1941),
551 were completed during the year, 15 were non-pregnant, 35 left the district, and 179
were uncompleted at the end of the year. This report, therefore, deals with 551 completed
cases, 138 for 1941 and 413 occurring in 1942.
Of these cases 415 were normal and 136 showed abnormalities.
| Primipara (1st Pregnancy) | Multipara (2nd or Subsequent Pregnancy) | Delivered at home | Admitted to hospital or Nursing Home | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primipara | Multipara | Primipara | Multipara | |||
Of the cases dealt with therefore 210, or 38 per cent., were primiparae (against
44 per cent, in 1941) and of these 136, or 64 per cent. (against 54 per cent. in 1941), were
confined in hospital, while 114 cases, or 41 per cent. (against 28 per cent.) of the multiparae
were also confined in hospital.
Table XI in Appendix gives the chief abnormalities found during the year.
Child Welfare Clinics.
The attendances at the Child Welfare clinics during 1942 are shown in Table XII
in Appendix.
The total number of attendances at the Infant Welfare and Toddlers' Clinics during
1942 was 13,346, as compared with 11,109 for 1941. For the proportion of new infant
cases attending the clinics to the total five births in the district, see Appendix, Table XIII.
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