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72
5. Number of cases notified as puerperal sepsis, with
result of treatment in each case Nil
6. Number of cases in which temperature rose above
100.4 for twenty-four hours, with rise of pulse
rate 1
7. Number of cases notified as ophthalmia neonatorum,
with result of the treatment in each case 2
One clear within four hours of onset, and
one still under specialist—no permanent injury
to sight.
8. Number of cases of inflamation of eyes, however
slight 3
9. Number of infants not entirely breast-fed while in
the Institution, with reasons why they were not
breast-fed: —
Supplementary feeds—
Insufficient breast milk 17
Twins 1
18
Addition of Virol (continued loss of weight) 8
Bottle fed-
Mammary abscess 1
No mammary activity, patient severe
case of albuminuria 1
Pulmonary tuberculosis 6
8
Total 34
10. Number of maternal deaths with causes Nil