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Note A.— Of the seven expectant mothers treated for syphilis
during the year 1923
3 mothers had healthy babies born.
1 mother had a baby born syphilitic.
3 mothers are not yet confined.
Note B. — A total of seven patients were treated for
Gonorrhoea during the year 1923. Of these:—
2 have been discharged cured by the Medical Officer.
1 has been transferred to St. Thomas's Hospital for inpatient
treatment.
4 remain under daily treatment at the end of the year.
6. Medical Officers in Charge. Nurse.
Dr. Roxburgh, Consultant. Miss Baggallay.
Assistant Medical Officer
(Maternity & Child Welfare).
Dr. Roxburgh, M.D., M.R.C.P., Consultant to the V.D. Clinic,
reports:—
The work of the V.D. Ante-natal Clinic in 1923 shows a satisfactory
increase over that in 1922.
As regards Syphilis, although the total number of blood tests
done shows a decrease, the number of positive results obtained shows
a substantial increase, being 63 as compared with 19 in 1922. This
seems to indicate that we are getting hold of the syphilitic patients
better.
As regards Gonorrhoea, although somewhat fewer slides and
cultures were made and examined, gonococci were found in the same
number of patients as in 1922, viz., 3.
The total number of patients who attended in 1923 was 233,
as against 184 in 1922, and in spite of this increase in the total
numbers only 1 more ceased to attend without permission than in
the previous year, viz., 10 instead of 9.
The most satisfactory feature of the work has been
the increase in the number of syphilitic mothers receiving ante-natal
treatment and awaiting their confinements. It is to be hoped that
the plan suggested by me last year and now in operation, of examining
the blood of every mother who attends the ordinary ante-natal
clinics will enable us to discover and treat a still larger number of
syphilitic mothers at the most favourable time, namely, before the
birth of the baby. This plan has already, in the few weeks it has
been in operation enabled us to find out and treat several mothers
with unsuspected syphilis.
Maternity Hospital.
The Borough Maternity Home was opened early in 1921.
The Hospital is situated at 19 and 20 Bolingbroke Grove,
directly overlooking Wandsworth Common. In addition to being a
Lying-in Hospital, it is a recognised training Institution for PupilMidwives,
and a District Midwifery Service is also run in connection
with the hospital (see page 31).