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Hackney 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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Under the official scheme expectant mothers were booked at
the ante-natal clinics for evacuation at about the eighth month of
pregnancy, and during the year 1944, 425 mothers were sent out
of the Borough for confinement in a place of safety. Nevertheless,
the ante-natal work done at the Council's clinics bears very
favourable comparison with the year 1938 when there were 405
clinic sessions, 771 first attendances and a total of 3,765 attendances
of expectant mothers.
The Medical Superintendent of Hackney Hospital and the Secretary Superintendent of the Salvation Army Mothers'Hospital have kindly supplied the following figures regarding the work of the ante-natal clinics held at those hospitals:—
| Hackney Hospital. | Salvation Army Mothers' Hospital. | |
|---|---|---|
| No. of Ante-natal Clinic sessions held | 203 | 314 |
| No. of women who attended during the year | 1,260 | 1,283 |
| Total number of attendances | 7,559 | 13,192 |
The proportion of Hackney mothers who attended the Antenatal Clinics at these Hospitals can be judged from the following figures:—
| Hackney Hospital. | Salvation Army Mothers' Hospital. | |
|---|---|---|
| No. of maternity beds provided | 40 | 75 |
| No. of infants born in Hospitals:— (or) Hackney mothers | 672 | 137 |
| 484 | 900 | |
| No. of infants born at home:— (a) Hackney mothers | – | 20 |
| (6) Mothers not resident in Hacknev | – | 21 |
| Centre. | No. of sessions held. | No. of children brought to the Centre for the first time. | No. of children who attended at the Centre during the year and who, at the end of the year, were:— | Total No. of attendances. | Total No. of attendances of infants and children before Doctor. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year. | Over 1 year. | Under 1 year. | Over 1 year. | Under 1 year. | Over 1 year. | |||
| Elsdale Street | 152 | 266 | 24 | 239 | 431 | 3373 | 1326 | 2519 |
| Eton Manor | 102 | 109 | 8 | 103 | 175 | 1358 | 546 | 1073 |
| Lower Clapton Road | 198 | 462 | 61 | 407 | 715 | 5393 | 2032 | 2833 |
| Richmond Road | 206 | 446 | 45 | 419 | 663 | 5490 | 2052 | 2531 |
| Warwick Grove.. | 204 | 543 | 65 | 478 | 787 | 6121 | 2251 | 2711 |
| Totals | 862 | 1826 | 203 | 1646 | 2771 | 21735 | 8207 | 11667 |