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Ante-Natal Clinics
There were 755 attendances at the Ante-Natal Clinic, 118 Hermon
Hill, E.18, 163 higher than in 1961.
The sessions are held weekly by the Midwives, working in close
co-operation with the patient's own doctor
Relaxation Classes
Three weekly sessions are held in the Clinic at 118 Hermon Hill, the
classes being deliberately kept numerically small to enable individual
attention to be given. By this means the Health Visitor is enabled
to maintain personal contact.
These classes have continued to retain their popularity with expectant
mothers, many expressing their appreciation of the advice they
have been given and the help it has been when put into practice at
the time of their confinement.
General medical practitioners are continuing to advise their patients
to attend these classes at which the opportunity is also taken to give
short talks on preparation for the confinement and on personal hygiene
for mother and infant.
Local Obstetric Liaison Committee
Four meetings of the Local Obstetric Liaison Committee, on which
the Medical Officer of Health serves, were held during the year. This
Committee was formed in accordance with a recommendation of the
Cranbrook report and its membership is composed of representatives
of the hospital, local health authority and general practitioner representatives
services.
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