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EXPLANATORY NOTES.
9 women in Hostel on April 1st, 1920, admitted during previous March.
16 women in Ilostel on April 1st, 1921
3 women admitted for ante-natal treatment only.
0 women admitted for post-natal treatment.
Twins born on three occasions.
Cesarean section performed in 2 cases.
One case of miscarriage.
No maternal deaths during 1920-21.
Ante Natal Clinic.
This Clinic has continued to meet once weekly. The total number
of expectant mothers attending was 152. 932 attendances were made
during the year. The average weekly attendance was 18. The mothers
are principally sent to the clinic through the maternity and infant centres
and the maternity hostel. The larger proportion of the cases are
subsequently confined in the maternity hostel. Cases of venereal disease
are sent for treatment to one of the clinics for these conditions. A considerable
amount of ante-natal advice is given in the routine work of the
maternity and infant centres. Arrangements have been made which still
more closely link up this Clinic with the work of the Hostel.
Sick Nursery.
The sick nursery has been continued as in former years. The disadvantageous
conditions set out last year as attaching to these premises still
hold, so that this very valuable piece of work—one of the most important
adjuncts of the infant work of the town—continues to be seriously hampered.
We urgently require greatly extended and improved accommodation for this
type of ailing child. Below are given the statistics for the nursery for 1920.
Sick Nursery, 228, London Road.
Number of cases at Nursery at end of 1919 4
Number admitted during 1920 55
Number discharged during 1920 50
Number died during 1920 5
Number remaining at end of 1920 4
Method of Feeding.
The following are the particulars as to feeding of infants during the
first six months of life of children who survived, and of children who died
between one week and six months old. Deaths of infants under one week
have been excluded because it is unlikely that methods of feeding can have
been responsible for a fatal issue in so short a time.