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MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
Public Health Act, 1936, Section 203—Notification of Births.
The births notified under Section 203, as adjusted by
transferred notifications, were as follows:—
Live Births 1,214
Still Births 28
1,242
Notified by Midwives 493
Notified by doctors
and parents 15
Transferred from
other districts 734
1,242
The Work of the Centres.
The work of the Centres continues to expand and this year
shows a record number of attendances and a record number of
children on the clinic register. Reference to Table IX on
page 28 reveals the steady growth of the work over the past
ten years. It will be seen that the figures for 1946 are with one
exception record figures. The number of mothers who attended
the ante-natal clinics is 1,082, which is nearly 30 per cent.
more than in any previous year. Moreover, 86 per cent. of our
expectant mothers in the district attend our ante-natal clinics.
When it is remembered that some other of our mothers are
attending ante-natal clinics at the Nelson Hospital and at
St. Helier Hospital, it will be appreciated that a remarkably
large proportion of the expectant mothers in the district are
having ante-natal care.
Table VIII shows the number on the register at the various
clinics. It will be observed that the Raynes Park clinic and
the Baptist Hall have attendances averaging 70 to 75 per session.
It should be remembered that there will be many occasions
when the attendances are greatly in excess of this number
to produce such an average. The average at the Morden clinic
of 31.5 per session is a somewhat fictitious figure; it should be
about 50 per session, the reason being that one session per week
has been held there with negligible attendances. These have
now been discontinued.
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