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FAMILY PLANNING
General
This service has continued to expand during the year, and much
publicity has been given to it. Maternity hospitals advise patients
before discharge, where this is appropriate, of Family Planning Services
available in the area, and close integration of hospital and local
health authority Family Planning Services is now the declared
objective.
The Authority's service provides free examination, advice, treatment
and supplies for all medical cases. For social cases, examination
and advice are free to all from 16 years of age (married or unmarried)
with patients paying for their supplies. In social cases where patients
are unable to afford the cost of supplies these are made available free
of charge.
Family planning sessions are held at Local Authority Clinics as
follows:—
Amity Grove Clinic, Raynes Park Monday evenings, 6.15-8.15
Cavendish Road Clinic, Colliers
Wood Tuesday mornings, 9.30-11.00
Church Road Clinic, Mitcham Tuesday and Thursday evenings,
6.15-8.00
Russell Road Clinic, Wimbledon Thursday mornings, 9.30-11.00
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday evenings, 6.15-8.15.
Wide Way, Mitcham Monday mornings, 9.30-11.00
Monday evenings, 7.30-8.30
In August arrangements were made to supply a domiciliary service
for those unable or unwilling to attend Family Planning Clinics.
By the end of the year, 12 such cases had been referred.
Details of the cases dealt with by the Family Planning Association
in this Borough during the year are as follows:—
New patients seen: —
Medical cases 476
Non-medical but needy 13
Other non-medical cases 1,113
1,602
New patients advised to use:—
Sheath 59
Pill 982
Diaphragm 211
I.U.D. 227
Other cases 123
1,602
*Total sessions held 718
Total attendances 13,083
* including sessions at hospitals.
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