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3. (i) Midwifery and Maternity Service.
Maternity and Child Welfare Centres are held thrice weekly at
the Health Centre, Windham Road, while a Centre is held at
Petersham twice monthly, for the inhabitants of Ham and
Petersham.
During the year the attendances at the Centres were:—
Windham Road.
Mothers 5,481 Average per session 37
Children 7,133 48
The Medical Officer of Health held 2,562 consultations during
the year.
Trefoil House, Petersham.
Mothers 491 Average per session 20
Children 687 „ „ „ 28
Dr. Cryer, the Medical Officer, held 501 consultations during
the year.
I have again to express my thanks to the voluntary workers at
both Centres for their valuable assistance week by week. They
include Mrs. Govett and Mrs. Sprague (who are co-opted members
on the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee), Mrs. Brebner,
Mrs. Klinkhart, Miss Reid, Mrs. Hammond and Mrs. Smith.
We are sorry to lose the services of Mrs. Johnstone who has
left the district.
At Petersham the ladies who do excellent work are Mrs. Field,
Mrs. Daniels, Mrs. Soimenow, Mrs. Hughes and Mrs. Coleman.
The Health Visitors visit at the homes and during the year
under review, 406 first visits were made and 2,697 revisits.