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At each session of the clinic a medical officer with special
gynaecological and obstetrical experience attends and is assisted by
two health visitors, each of whom holds the Certificate of the Central
Midwives Board.
Under the new Midwives Act, 1936 provision has been made
for the services of two whole-time salaried midwives employed by the
Local Supervising Authority to be available for home confinements
occurring in the Borough of Barnes. Close co-operation between these
midwives and the officers connected with the work of the Council's
ante-natal services, which is essential if the objects at which the new
Act aims are to be attained, has continued.
Infant Consultations.
The number of new cases, the total number of infants and young
children attending at the Centre, and the total attendances made by
them during 1938 are given below:—
Year Year
New Cases:— 1937. 1938.
Infants under 1 year 206 238
Children 1 to 5 years 89 99
Total 295 337
Number of Children attending during the year:—
Infants under 1 year 317 366
Children 1 to 5 years 247 326
Total 564 692
Number of attendances made by:—
Infants under 1 year 3,688 4,078
Children 1 to 5 years 2,233 3,247
Total 5,921 7,325
Mothers 5,239 6,245
The average attendance per week has been 142; the average
attendance of infants under one year heing 79 per week, and of children
aged 1 to 5 years, 63 per week.
The number of infants under one year of age attending for the
first time during 1938, namely 238, represents 63.0 per cent. of the
total births occurring in the year.