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Moral Welfare.
It was the duty of one member of the health visiting staff, who was designated Moral
Welfare Officer, to deal with all cases of unmarried expectant mothers referred from any
district in Southall, and she endeavoured to obtain pre-natal accommodation and hospital
and post-natal accommodation for these mothers.
Arrangements were made in 1944 with the Middlesex County Council for the admission
of cases to the Pre-natal Home at Golders Green, and to the Post-natal Home at Hendon,
and these arrangements continued. During the year 6 cases were dealt with under this
scheme.
The Moral Welfare Officer also assisted with the various problems arising from cases
of this nature, and every assistance was given to unmarried mothers who were willing to
continue to look after their own children.
The number of illegitimate live births was 53; in 1947 the corresponding number was
also 53. The proportion of illegitimate live births to legitimate was 53 to 996, i.e., 5.3%.
Ultra-Violet Light Clinics.
Four sessions per week for treatment of ultra-violet light were held during the period—
2 for expectant mothers and children under 5 years of age attending the Manor House
Clinic, and 2 for those attending the Branch Centre Clinic.
The number of attendances at the Ultra-Violet Light Clinic for the period was high
as compared with the full year 1947, but the figures are not quite comparable as the period
of vacation is usually from May to October and therefore the last part of the year has a
shorter time for attendances to be recorded. The service was a very popular one, and in
the colder months the waiting lists were considerable. The provision of new lamps at the
School Clinics in addition to the lamps at Manor House and Jubilee Gardens made provision
for a wide extension of the service, as these were of the Centrosol type allowing for several
treatments to be given simultaneously. These new lamps had not come into full use by
the time of the transfer of the Service.

Post-Natal and Birth Control Clinic.

Ante-Natal Clinics.
The number of new patients seen at the Ante-natal Clinics during the period was 376
and the total number of attendances was 2,480 (1,384 at the Manor House and 1,096 at the
Branch Centre.
For table of comparison of figures for the last 8 years, and the proportion of new cases
to revisits, see Appendix, Table IX.
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