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Beddington and Wallington 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]
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CONSULTANT ANTE-NATAL AND POST-NATAL CLINIC.
Mr. Douglas Lindsay, M.D., Ch.B., F.R.F.P.S. (G.), M.C.O.G.,
continued until 5th July to conduct this clinic on the third Friday in each
month when required. The facilities provided by St. Helier Hospital for
consultant ante-natal and post-natal work are made use of in everincreasing
degree, and the need for calling on the services of Mr. Lindsay
does not often arise.
The attendances were as follows :—*
| Referred by Medical Officer, Ante-natal Clinic | Private Practitioners. | Totals. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948. | 1947. | ||||
| C. | N.A. | ||||
| Clinics held | 2 | 3 | |||
| Patients attending : | |||||
| Ante-natal | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Post-natal | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Total attendances | 3 | — | 1 | 4 | 7 |
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE CENTRES.
The following table gives a record of the attendances at the Infant Welfare Clinics. Four centres continued to operate during the year, and the attendances at all showed a very gratifying response:—
| Bandon Hill. | Hack-bridge. | Beddington. | Wallington. | Totals. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948. | 1947. | |||||
| Number of sessions held | 51 | 48 | 26 | 26 | 151 | 153 |
| Infants :— | ||||||
| No. of new cases under 1 year | 155 | 133 | 71 | 69 | 428 | 509 |
| No. of re-attendances | 2,311 | 1,845 | 674 | 761 | 5,591 | 5,713 |
| No. of new cases over 1 year | 52 | 47 | 23 | 21 | 143 | 132 |
| No. of re-attend ances | 1,448 | 1,286 | 646 | 739 | 4,119 | . 3,565 |
| Total attendance of infants | 3,966 | 3,311 | 1,414 | 1,590 | 10,281 | 9,919 |
| Average attendance of infants per session | 77.8 | 69.0 | 54.4 | 61.2 | 68.1 | 64.8 |
| Mothers attending | 3,620 | 3,140 | 1,310 | 1,436 | 9,506 | 8,238 |
| Total attendances | 7,586 | 6,451 | 2,724 | 3,026 | 19,787 | 18,157 |
| Average total attendance per session | 148.8 | 133.3 | 104.8 | 116.4 | 131.1 | 118.7 |