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post-natal 56. Of the 184 new cases, 24 were mothers
with the first baby. The total number of individual
consultations was ante-natal 342, post-natal 143, total
485. On certain mornings the attendances rose to 14,
or 15 mothers, including 8 or 9 new cases, which did
not allow sufficient time for the necessary consultations.
As a result, it was decided to open for an additional
session weekly early in 1922.
In the case of the 184 expectant mothers who
attended, the following results ensued: —
Full-time confinements numbered 100, including
1 still-birth.
Premature births numbered 1.
Miscarriages numbered 6, including 1 inevitable
abortion and 1 threatened abortion.
Not pregnant, 22.
Removed from district (results unknown), 10.
Not yet confined (April 1st, 1922), 45.
Fifty-two mothers attended with a view to ascertaining
if they were pregnant, most of them nursing
infants at the breast, and in whom the diagnosis was
of much importance. Twenty-two of these cases were
diagnosed as non-pregnant, and 30 as pregnant. These
latter 30 cases have since been visited, and, with the
exception of 7, have since been confined or are expecting.
Of the 7 exceptions, 3 proved non-pregnant (the
condition having been noted by the Medical Officer as
doubtful), 1 could not be traced from the address
given, and 3 have had miscarriages, including 1 case
of syphilis, 1 mother who wanted a full-time child, and
1 mother—cause of miscarriage unknown. It will be