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tially the right person in the right place. The medical
work of the Day Nursery has continued, as in the past,
under the charge of Dr. Ruby Thomson, Assistant
Medical Officer of Health.
Attendances during the year were as follows :—
Individual children attended—
Under three years of age 104
Over three and under five years 12
The total attendances made by the above children were :—
Under three years—
Whole day 5,069
Half day 986
Over three years—
Whole day 1,510
Half day 347
Total—
Whole day 6,579
Half days 1,333
The Borough Maternity Home, 706, Fulham Road.—
This institution is entirely under the control of the
Borough Council, the medical work of the home being
in the hands of Dr. Ruby Thomson, Assistant Medical
Officer of Health.
As stated in my annual report of 1922, the accommodation
at the Maternity Home is now 10 beds,
whereas formerly it was 7.
The following is a record of cases admitted to the
home during 1923 :—
Cases admitted 189
Average duration of stay (days) 14
Number of cases delivered by—
(a) Midwives 178
(b) Doctors 11
Number of cases notified as puerperal sepsis nil
Number of cases in which the temperature
was above 100-4 for 24 hours 1
Number of cases notified as ophthalmia
neonatorum 1
Number of cases of " inflammation of eyes,"
however slight 3
Number of infants not entirely breast-fed
while in the institution nil
Number of maternal deaths nil
Number of foetal deaths (stillborn or within
10 days of birth) 2