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Beddington and Wallington 1940

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

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Table: The following table shows the atendances for 1940 at the five cenrtes maintained by the council:-

The following table shows the atendances for 1940 at the five cenrtes maintained by the council:-

Ban-don HillBeddingtonElm GroveHack-bridgeWal-ling- ton:Totals, 1940Totals, 1939.
Number of sessions held2422242323116118
Infants: —
No. of new cases under 1 year9049483579*301326
No. of re-attendances58339452826255123182777
No. of new cases over 1 year351423152911689
No. of re-attendances84562367567364834644163
Total attendance of infants155310801274985130761997355
Average attendance of infants per session65495343575362
Mothers attending13739381100800119754086490
Total attendances292620182374178525041160713845
Average total attendance per session122929978109100117

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"Includes 51 children who made their first attendance at
Clinics outside the Borough.
Approximately 73 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 8
For medical reasons 6
For unsuitable home conditions 2
Normal confinements 4
Abnormal confinements 4
All the cases were referred from the Ante-natal Clinic.
CONSULTANT OBSTETRICIAN.
No changes occurred in the appointment of Consultant
Obstetrician during the year.
The services of the Consultant were called upon three times in
1940.
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