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Ante-natal (V.D.) Clinic.
The work carried on at the Special Ante-natal Clinic at the
Borough Maternity Hospital during 1923, was very satisfactory.
This Clinic was opened late in 1921, and during 1922 and 1923
the attendances steadily increased. In the spring of the present
year the number of cases requiring treatment became so large as to
necessitate an additional afternoon session. The summarised
return set out below gives the results of the work carried out during
the year.
Provision is made both for in-patient and out-patient treatment.
During 1923 five mothers who had undergone a course of special
ante-natal treatment at the Clinic were confined in the Borough
Maternity Hospital. The children in all cases were full-time,
apparently healthy and normal infants, only one giving a positive
reaction to the blood test. These results are highly encouraging and
satisfactory.
It is satisfactory to record also that, although some trouble is
still being experienced with defaulters, there is a distinct improvement
in the regularity of attendances of patients as compared with
previous years.

N.B.—The 63 positive blood tests were given by 24 syphilitic
patients, of which 19 were mothers and 5 babies.
2. Pathological Tests carried out at the Clinics.
(a) Slides from eye discharge.
No evidence V.D. 28
Gonococcus found 1
Total 29 slides.
(b) Slides from:—
Urethra 99
Cervix 94
Total 193 slides.