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During the year the total number of attendances made by the
children at the Centres was 6,437 as compared with 5,485 in 1936, an
increase of 952.
Approximately 76 per cent. of the babies whose births were registered
as occurring within the Borough attended one or other of the
Centres.
MATERNITY WARD.
Throughout the year the arrangements between the Council and
the Carshalton, Beddington and Wallington (War Memorial) Hospital
for the reception of maternity cases remained the same.
The following table gives particulars of the cases admitted under
the Council's scheme during the year:—
Cases admitted 32
For medical reasons 15
For unsuitable home conditions 17
Normal confinements 21
Abnormal confinements 11
Twenty-eight cases were referred from the Ante-natal Clinic and
4 by private practitioners.
CONSULTANT OBSTETRICIAN.
The Consultant Obstetrician to the Council is Mr. Leslie Williams,
M.D., M.S., F.R.C.S., but during the year 1937 his services were not
called upon.
HOME HELP.
No change was made during the year in the Council's scheme,
whereby a Home Help is provided on application, to assist in domestic
duties during confinements occurring in the homes of residents. A
Home Help was provided in 14 cases during the year.
BIRTH CONTROL.
The Council have made arrangements for women who need information
on birth control, on the grounds of health, to attend a voluntary
centre at Croydon. During 1937 15 women from the Borough
attended this clinic.
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