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Beddington and Wallington 1939

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]

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Table: The following table shows the attendances for 1939 at the five Centres maintained by the Council:—

The following table shows the attendances for 1939 at the five Centres maintained by the Council:—

Ban- don Hill.Beddington.Elm Grove.Hack-bridge.Wallington.Totals, 1939.Totals, 1938.
Number of sessions held2422242424118119
Infants: —
No. of new cases under 1 year10451483291*326294
No. of re-attendances ...72545946839772827773158
No. of new cases over 1 year281111122789117
No. of re-attendances102778569682583041633941
Total attendance of infants1884130612231266167673557509
Average attendance of infants per session78595152706263
Mothers attending1696116810561065150564906472
Total attendances358024742279233131811384513981
Average total attendance per session1491129597132117118

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*Includes 29 children who made their first attendance at
Clinics outside the Borough.
Approximately 75 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 18
For medical reasons 9
For unsuitable home conditions 9
Normal confinements 13
Abnormal confinements 5
Twelve cases were referred from the Ante-natal Clinic and 6 by
private practitioners.
CONSULTANT OBSTETRICIAN.
No changes occurred in the appointment of Consultant
Obstetrician during the year.
The services of the Consultant were called upon once in 1939.
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