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Cardiac Disease.
There were seven cases. None died. One infant was stillborn
among the 5 births, a mortality of 20 per cent.
Hydramnios.
There were seven cases: five "Booked" cases at Mayday Hospital,
and two "Booked" cases at St. Mary's Maternity Hospital.
No mother died. Six infants were still-born, a mortality of
75 per cent.
Albuminuria.
Every patient attending the Ante-natal Clinic has the urine
tested and the blood pressure recorded at each visit. All oases of
Albuminuria (confirmed by catheter specimen) or hypertension
with a diastolic blood pressure of 90 or over, are admitted to
hospital. The routine treatment adopted in hospital was rest,
meat-free diet with a high vitamin and calcium content (milk and
egg yolk), copious fluids, alkalies and aperients. If the symptoms
and signs did not disappear in about 10 days, or if they became
progressively worse, labour was induced.
St. Mary's
Mayday Mayday Maternity
Hospital Hospital Hospital Total.
Booked. ' Emergency. Booked.
Number of cases 55 20 50 125
Number of stillbirths and infant
deaths 6 8 10 24
Foetal and infant mortality 11% 53% 19% 20%
Number of maternal deaths — — — —
Eclampsia (9 cases).
Mayday Mayday St. Mary's
Hospital Hospital Mat. Hosp.
Booked. Emergency. Booked. Total.
Number of cases 1 7 1 9
Maternal deaths 0 1 0 1
Maternal mortality 0 14% 0 11%
Number of foetal and
infant deaths 0 5 0 5
Foetal and infant
tality 0 71% 0 56%