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57. MATERNITY WARD.
The admissions to the Maternity Ward of the Municipal
Hospital numbered 202, compared with 180 in 1929. Of these 27
cases were admitted for ante-natal treatment, and 175 for confinement.
Corresponding figures for 1929 were 36 cases for antenatal
treatment, and 144 for confinement.
(a) Number of cases admitted 202
(27 of which were Ante-natal)
(b) Average duration of stay - 14.6 days
(c) Number of cases delivered by:—
Midwives 171
Doctors 3
(d) Number of cases in which medical assistance was
sought by the midwife, with reason for requiring
assistance:—
Torn Perineum 14 Delayed second stage 1
Uterine Inertia 1 High Temperature 1
Complicated Breach 1 Unsatisfactory condition
Heart Disease 1 of patient 1
Albuminuria 3 —
Miscarriage 1 26
Collapse after Labour 1 —
Delayed first stage 1
(e) Number of cases notified as puerperal sepsis, with
result of treatment in each case Nil
(/) Number of cases notified as puerperal pyrexia, with
result of treatment in each case (recovered) 2
(g) Number of cases of pemphigus neonatorum Nil
(h) Number of cases notified as ophthalmia neonatorum,
with result of treatment in each case Nil
(i) Number of cases of " inflammation of the eyes,"
however slight Nil
(j) Number of infants not entirely breast fed while in
the Institution, with reasons why they were not
breast fed 5
Weakness or illness of mother 4
Deformed nipples 1
(k) Number of maternal deaths Nil