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Hackney 1945

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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The number of expectant mothers attending at the clinics was
slightly smaller than in the previous year (1053 as compared with
1155) and there was a considerable decrease in the total attendances
(from 6465 to 5686). This falling-off was, of course, due to the
flying bomb and rocket attacks in the first few months of the year,
when many expectant mothers evacuated to safer areas under the
official scheme or through private arrangements.
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 1945, 222 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.

Table: 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:—

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 held255306
No. of women who attended during the year1,3261,741
Total number of attendances8,85315,395

Table: The proportion of Hackney mothers who attended the Antenatal Clinics at these Hospitals can be judged from the following figures:—

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 provided7275
No. of infants born in Hospitals:— (a) Hackney mothers843220
(6) Mothers not resident in Hackney384927
No. of infants born at home:—
(a) Hackney mothers—48
(b) Mothers not resident in Hackney–859