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Deptford 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]
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St. John's Home. A voluntary ante-natal clinic, amongst
other activities, is provided at the St. John's Home, Watson Street,
and co-operaiion exists between this clinic and the municipal clinic.
The following particulars have been kindly given to me:—
Number of Sessions held 102
Number of mothers attending 150
Total attendances made 432
(c) Artificial Light Clinic. Both the Mercury Vapour and the
Carbon Arc type lamps are in use. All children given this form of
treatment are selected upon medical grounds and are kept under
careful supervision.
The growth in the work of the Ante-natal Clinic during recent years is illustrated by the following figures.
| Year. | No. of individual women attending. | Average number of attendances per week. | Total number of atlendances made. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1922 | 311 | 19 | 938 |
| 1923 | 369 | 29 | 1439 |
| 1924 | 513 | 30 | 1497 |
| 1925 | 588 | 45 | 2268 |
| 1926 | 595 | 46 | 2292 |
| 1927 | 738 | 45 | 2241 |
| 1928 | 815 | 55 | 2777 |
| 1929 | 929 | 56 | 2915 |
| 1930 | 973 | 64 | 3212 |
| 1931 | 980 | 64 | 3289 |
Total attendances during the year 3,124
Total new patients admitted 173
Total patients re-admitted 22