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Meopham Road Centre.—Sessions are held on the first four
Mondays of each month. Dr. Parsons attends on the first and
fourth Mondays.
Parish Room, Lower Green.—Sessions are held on the second
and fourth Thursdays of each month. Dr. Parsons attends both
sessions.
Sherwood Park Pavilion.—Sessions are held on the first and
third Thursdays of each month. Dr. Parsons attends both sessions.
This centre was opened on April 6, 1933, to meet the demands of
the rapidly growing East Ward. The clinic is at present held in
the pavilion of the Sherwood Park Recreation Ground, but it is
hoped that in the near future a more central and suitable place will
be found. The centre is much appreciated by the mothers in that
area, as previously the nearest centre was Meopham Road.
Ante-natal Clinics.
Ante-natal clinics are held at the following places :
Cavendish Road, West Centre.—Sessions are held on the first
Tuesday of each month. The total attendances of expectant mothers
was 108, the number of mothers attending being 40.
Sessions are also held at this centre on Friday afternoons for
patients who have booked for the Woodlands Maternity Home.
The total attendances of expectant mothers at this clinic was 1060,
the number of mothers attending being 241.
Meopham Road.—Sessions are held on the second Tuesday of
each month. The total attendances of expectant mothers was 89,
the number of mothers attending being 46.
No doctor's cases are examined at the ante-natal clinics unless
the doctor expressly wishes it. Midwives are encouraged to attend
the clinics with their patients, and the midwife is notified when one
of her patients attends the clinic for the first time and a summary
of the ante-natal examination sent to her.
35.5 per cent. of the mothers of children bom during the year
attended the ante-natal clinics (including Woodlands Maternity
Home clinic), as compared with 36.4 per cent. last year.