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Beddington and Wallington 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]
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CONSULTANT ANTE-NATAL AND POST-NATAL CLINIC.
The Consultant Clinic continued to be held throughout the year
on the third Friday in each month by Mr. Douglas Lindsay, M.D.,
Ch.B., F.R.F.P.S. (G.), M.C.O.G.
The attendances were as follows: —
| Referred by: — Medical Officer, Ante-natal Clinic. | Private Practitioners. | Totals. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. | N.A. | 1940 | 1939 | ||
| Clinics held | 12 | 12 | |||
| Patients attending: | |||||
| Ante-natal | 23 | 10 | _ | 33 | 37 |
| Post-natal | 1 | — | — | 1 | 8 |
| Total attendances | 24 | 10 | — | 34 | 45 |
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE CENTRES.
The five Infant Welfare Centres have been held fortnightly on
the same days as in previous years.
As foreshadowed in last year's report, the numbers of patients
attending the Centres has shown, a marked decline in 1940.
Voluntary evacuation proceeded at a fairly rapid rate from
September, 1939 onwards, and although the percentage of children
living in the area attending' the clinics was maintained at 73%, the
child population was so reduced as to reflect a considerable fall in
total attendances.
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The following table shows the atendances for 1940 at the five
Centres maintained by the Council: —