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POST-NATAL AND SPECIAL CLINICS FOR WOMEN.
During the year the total number of patients who attended was
278, of these 96 were new patients.
There is a marked increase in the number of patients attending
with minor disabilities of the menopause. Many of these only
require an examination and can then be reassured that the symptoms
of which they complain have no serious significance; some require
miner treatment which may be carried out at the clinic; or the
patient may be referred to her own doctor. Sometimes hospital
treatment is required, and the patient is referred to a suitable department
of a hospital. Four cases of carcinoma were seen ,and of these
three were in an early stage of the disease and were able to be cured
by operation.
There is also an increase in use being made of the clinic by women
with menstrual irregularities. Most of these cases are referred by their
own doctor for such complaints as dysmenorrhœa and sterility.