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This gives an average attendance for all centres of 17.3.
General Remarks.
Expectant mothers continued to attend the ante-natal clinics
in increasing numbers and with great regularity.
The principle already adopted was maintained, the clinics
being strictly reserved for those cases entering Woodlands or
hospital or who were to be confined in their own homes and
attended by midwives. No patient who was to be attended by her
own doctor was allowed to attend.
Any patient found to be suffering from any serious pathological
condition was referred to her own doctor or, in certain cases, to
hospital, a letter giving details of the condition present accompanying
the patient in either case. Letters were sent to midwives who
referred patients to the clinics, and midwives were welcomed at the
centres, the patient's ante-natal notes being available for her
perusal.
"Extras" in the form of cod liver oil emulsion, Virol or
Parrish's Food were supplied free to necessitous and debilitated
mothers, and grants of free milk were also made. In April I gave
the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee a report on "The
provision of free meals for expectant and nursing mothers," and,
following this, arrangements were made for a supply of free dinners
in necessitous cases.
Remarks on Pathological Conditions.
There were 48 cases of albuminuria of pregnancy and five cases
of toxaemia of pregnancy. Two of these latter were immediately