[Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Royal Tunbridge Wells Borough.

  • Tunbridge Wells (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1944
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Credit: [Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Royal Tunbridge Wells Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    been based on this hospital since the outbreak of war, and a member of the trained nursing staff has acted as the nurse in charge of this Unit, the rest of its staff being volunteers. MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE SERVICES. The Council has made the following arrangements for its Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme in the Borough :—- Infant Welfare Centres.—-The Chief Maternity and Child Welfare Centre, 9 and 10, Calverley Terrace. Clinics are held here each Tuesday and Thursday afternoon. There is also a branch Centre at Rust hall, meeting each Wednesday afternoon in the hall and rooms adjoining the Congregational Church in Rusthall High Street. The total number of attendances at the Centres during 1944 was 8,830, compared with 9,801 during the previous year. The table on the following page analyses the attendances, etc. Two thousand, two hundred and sixty-eight medical con¬ sultations were held, as compared with 2,701 in 1943. Ante-Natal and Post-Natal Clinic.—This Clinic was held on Wednesday and Friday afternoons until the middle of August, and from then onwards on Fridays only. Dr. Simpson took the clinic throughout the year. A total of 205 ante-natal cases attended and 619 con¬ sultations were held during the 82 sessions. Boroi jgli Resid ents. Ol ;her Cases. Primips. Multips. Total. Primips. Multips. Total. Individual Ex¬ pectant Mothers 74 170 244 2 1 3 Consultation ... 215 438 653 2 1 3