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own homes and attended by midwives. Any patient who was
to be attended by her own doctor was advised to attend him for
her ante-natal supervision.
Any patient found to be suffering from any pathological
condition was referred to her own doctor or to hospital,
a letter giving details of the conditions present accompanying
the patient in either case. Midwives are welcomed at the centres,
and copies of their patients' ante-natal notes are forwarded to
them for reference.
Cod liver oil emulsion, Virol or Parrish's Food, and extra
nourishment were supplied free to necessitous and debilitated
patients.
X-Ray Examinations
Arrangements have been made with the Wilson Hospital,
Mitcham, for the X-ray examination of women attending the
ante-natal clinics. The majority of the examinations are made
to determine the presentation of the child in doubtful cases, and
also to confirm the diagnosis of twins.
During the year 42 women attended for this examination as
compared with 20 last year.
Post-Natal Clinic
A Post-Natal Clinic is held at Church Road Clinic each month.
Leaflets giving them information about this clinic and the purpose
for which it is intended are given to the patients when they leave
Woodlands Maternity Home and to the patients attending the
various ante-natal clinics. Post-natal examinations of patients
confined at Woodlands are made at the Woodlands Clinic; 211
cases attended during the year.
The total number of women who attended the post-natal
clinics at Church Road Clinic was 240, the average attendance
being 10.0.
Home Help and Domestic Help Service.
The combined Home Help and Domestic Help Service has
proved most successful. At the end of the year five full-time
home helps were engaged on maternity cases, and 126 mothers
received their services during the year.