[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough].

  • Hampstead (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1939?]
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    47 Western Clinic: Three sessions weekly (viz., Monday 2 to 4 p.m., Wednesday 9.15 to 11.15 a.m., and Thursday 9.15 to 11.15 a.m.) at 75, Dynham Road, were held in the premises rented by the Borough Council from the Health Institute for the purpose of a Tuberculosis Dispensary. Eastern Clinic One session weekly (viz., Thursday 2 to 4 p.m.) at 27, Pond Street. Held in the premises of the Day Nursery. These rooms are also used by the Borough Council for their Post-natal Clinic, the Day Nursery being paid a rent of £100 per annum. The Medical Officer in attendance at the Western Clinic (Dr. Mary Kidd) is a part-time officer appointed by the Borough Council : a Health Visitor is present at each session. Miss Beatrice Turner is the Medical Officer in attendance at the Eastern Clinic which is held at the same time as the Post-natal Clinic for the Eastern portion of the Borough, which she also conducts. Dr. Mary Kidd was in charge of the Eastern Ante-natal Clinic up to and including February 22nd; Miss Turner commenced with the two combined clinics (ante-natal and post-natal) on March 3rd as a part-time officer of the Council. (a) Total number of attendances by expectant mothers at the Ante-natal Clinics during the year—2,287. (b) Total number of expectant mothers who attended at the Ante-natal Clinics during the year—492. (c) Percentage of total notified births (live and still) represented by the number in (b)—437 per cent. The following is the report for the year 1938 on the Council's Ante-natal Clinics by Miss Mary Kidd, M.B., B.S. (Lond.):- I beg to submit the following report on the working of the Borough Council's Ante-natal Clinics during the year 1938:- Pond Street Clinic. (1 session weekly.) Kilhurn Clinic. (3 sessions weekly.) 1938. 1937. 1938. 1937. New Patients 92 99 283 302 Attendances of old patients 434 484 1498 1391 Number of sessions held 52 51 144 100 Average attendance per session 10 11 12 16 Since March, 1938, some re-arrangement of the work has taken place and I have held three weekly sessions instead of two, at the Kilburn Clinic; whilst Dr. Beatrice Turner has held one session for