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The success of Baby Week was in large measure due to the
time, care and thought given to the arrangements by Mrs. B. S.
Wray, Superintendent Health Visitor, and I most gratefully
acknowledge all her work in connection with it.
Ante-Natal Centres.
One Ante-Natal Clinic is held each month at the Cavendish
Boad and Meopham Boad Centres, and one clinic each week in
connection with Woodlands Maternity Home.
The total number of expectant mothers attending the centres
was 375 (an increase of 48 over the number attending in 1933) the
total number of attendances being 2,071 (an increase of 814 over
the attendances for 1933).
The average attendance at each individual centre is shown
below:—
Centre. Number of
Expectant
Mothers attending. Number of attendances. Average
attendance.
Woodlands 260 1,801 36
Cavendish Road 67 146 12
Meopham Road 48 124 11
This gives an average for all centres of 19.6.
Of the total number of notified births 40 per cent. of the
mothers had attended the ante-natal centres, as compared with
35.5 per cent. in 1933.
General Remarks.
Expectant mothers are coming to the ante-natal clinics in
increasing numbers, and they attend with great regularity. The
majority of them are primigravidæ.
Any patient found to be suffering from any serious pathological
condition was referred to her own doctor, or in some cases to
hospital, a letter giving details of the conditions present accompanying
the patient in either case. Letters were sent to midwives
who referred patients to the centres, and midwives were invited to
attend the clinics, the patient's ante-natal form being available for
her perusal. No patient who was to be attended by her own
doctor was examined at the clinics.