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109
Ruptured perineum 14
Retained maternal surface 2
After labour 20 Post-partum haemorrhage and
adherent placenta 2
Severe internal laceration 1
(?) Placenta complete
Feebleness of infant 3
(d) for infant 6 Talipes 3
There were 5 deaths of infants in the Home:—
Two infants (twins) died, one after 5 hours, and the other after
19 days, from prematurity. The electric incubator was
used.
One infant died at ¾ hours from prematurity; white asphyxiated
at birth.
One infant died after 54 hours from eclampsia and convulsions;
the mother was suffering from albuminuria.
One infant, blue asphyxiated at birth, died after 1 hour from
hypertrophy of liver and spleen, and general weakness and
heart failure.
There were 5 stillbirths in the Home from the following
causes:—
Macerated foetus 2
Cause unknown 2
General oedema 1
The infant mortality rate of children born in the Maternity
Home during the year was 23.92 per 1,000 births, as compared
with 58.10 for those born in their own homes. The figure of
58.10 has been arrived at after deduction of all births and infant
deaths in the Maternity Home and of all infant deaths in the
Village Homes, Barkingside.

At the present time the circumstances of those unable to pay
a fee of two guineas per week are enquired into by the Health
Visitors, and a fee is decided on by the Medical Officer of Health.
Cases for free admission are referred to the Maternity and Child
Welfare Committee.