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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Carshalton 1944

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]

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Table: TABLE 10.ATTENDANCES AT MATERNITY CLINICS.

TABLE 10.

ATTENDANCES AT MATERNITY CLINICS.

CENTRE.No. on Register.Attendances.Sessions.Average attendance per Session.
* Primary.Total.
Rochester Road.
Ante-Natal1571256534813.9
Post-Natal14214
Individuals159127667
Wrytiie Lane Hall.
Ante-Natal2311748555216.6
Post-Natal11111
Individuals232175866
St. Helier.
Ante-Natal171056242.3
Post-Natal———
Individuals171056
Stanley Road.
Ante-Natal8449275515.8
Post-Natal19—22
Individuals8449297
The Mount.
Ante-Natal14541242.0
Post-Natal616
Individuals15647
All Centres.
Ante-Natal50336318801999.7
Post-Natal50453
Individuals5073671933

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* Primary attendance is the first attendance of a woman in relation to the
pregnancy under supervision.
A further 149 primary attendances were made by Carshalton mothers
to the St. Helier Hospital Ante-Natal Clinic.
Toddler Clinics.
Until suspended in July, 324 toddlers between 2 and 5 years
of age received a comprehensive medical overhaul at the special
Toddler Clinics provided at the Wrythe Lane and Stanley Road
Centres. The number of defects found totalled 493, averaging 1.5
defects per child examined. One hundred and ten children, approximately
one-third of the total, had no defects.
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