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Bow Maternity Centre.
The Maternity Centre has undergone many changes during the past
year. The baths were taken for the use of a National Kitchen and we had
a very unhappy time during the alterations. Comfortable quarters for the
mothers were found at the Bow Wesleyan Mission, Old Ford Road, and
we moved in during April. Dr. Dobson resumed Military duties in May,
Dr. Kidd acting in her absence, and in September we started two sessions
weekly. However, with all the changes, the attendances have increased.
Attendances :—
Expectant mothers 2
Infants (first attendance) 330
Infants (total attendances) 2,506
Infants weekly attendance (average) 49
Infants average attendance (each child) 6.4
Priority cards issued :—
Cows' milk 144
Condensed milk 86
Vouchers issued (cod liver oil, etc.) 1,325
Galactagogue 25 pkts.
Sugar 27¾ lbs.
Dried milk 3,184 lbs.
Average amount dried milk issued, per each mother attending 1.2 lbs,
(1st quarter. 0.67 lbs.; 4th quarter, 1.77 lbs.).
Money taken £269 3 3½
Free issue £24 0 11¾
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
Number of notifications received, 40.
Sight of one eye damaged 1
Recovered 39
Occurred in the practice of medical practitioners 10
Occurred in the practice of midwives 30
Admitted to hospital as in-patient 2
Treated as hospital out-patients 8
Treated privately 30
Visited by a nurse
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