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IV. Sources from which 189 patients were referred to the Treatment
Clinic:—
Borough Maternity Hospital 17
Municipal and Voluntary Welfare Centres 130
Health Visitors 28
Medical Practitioners 4
Privately practising midwives 2
Came independently 8
V.—Of the 18 cases (expectant mothers) shewing a positive Wassermann
reaction (No. I. above):—
15 were treated during pregnancy with the following results-
Babies shewing negative Wassermann re-action 11
Still-born—not macerated. (Post-mortem shewed
Patent Foramen Ovale and Patent Ductus
Arteriosus) 1
No test (removed from Borough) 1
Mother not yet confined 2
3 were not treated during pregnancy—
Baby shewing negative Wassermann re-action 1
Babies born, no tests made 2
VI. Report of Preparatory Clinic held on Tuesday at Borough
Maternity Hospital.
Medical Officer in Charge—Dr. Bloomfield.
Health Visitor—Nurse Carr.
Total number of sessions held 52
Total number of cases seen 303
Total number of attendances made 525
The 303 cases attending were dealt with as under:—
Discharged by Medical Officer (no evidence of V.D.) 172
Treated for minor ailments and discharged cured 46
Transferred for treatment elsewhere 55
Ceased to attend without permission 19
Still under treatment at the end of the year 11
Dr. Roxborough, M.D., M.R.C.P., Consultant of the V.D.
Clinic, reports:—
A striking feature of the year's work has been the fact that by
having routine Wassermann tests done on the blood of all mothers
attending the ordinary ante-natal clinics in the borough—a system
which we started a little over a year ago, so that this is the first
full year's working—we have been enabled to identify eighteen
mothers suffering from unrecognised syphilis. The proportion,