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admitted to Woodlands and one to the City of London Maternity
Hospital. Two were treated by their own doctors, who subsequently
sent them into hospital.
There was one case of placenta previa, which was admitted to
the City of London Maternity Hospital.
Malpresentations were found in 44 cases. Of these 22 underwent
spontaneous version, nine were corrected at the clinics, and
eight were referred for version to hospital. In five of these eight
cases, version was carried out successfully, but in three cases it was
found to be impossible, and each of these was delivered as an
extended breech presentation.
An X-ray of any patient is taken in cases of doubtful
presentation or of suspected multiple pregnancy. Twenty-two
cases had an X-ray during the year.
One hundred and ninety-five patients were found to have some
form of dental disease, every case of caries from a slight degree to
severe caries being included in the figures. The majority of patients
attended the family dentist, a number were referred to the dental
clinic, and a very small minority of cases went to hospital.
For the purposes of this report every case having a systolic
blood pressure of 140 or over is included under the term hyperpiesis.
Four hundred and ninety pathological conditions were found
altogether, details of which are given in the following table:—