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Of the 14 expectant mothers whose blood gave a positive
Wasserman reaction—
5 were discovered before 7th month of pregnancy.
9 were discovered after 7th month of pregnancy.
8 were treated during pregnancy.
4 had no treatment during pregnancy.
2 failed to attend Clinic.
10 had normal confinements in the Borough Maternity
Hospital.
1 had premature labour in the Borough Maternity Hospital.
1 had a still-born baby at home.
2 have not yet been confined.
The mother of the still-born baby had no pre-natal treatment,
the result of her blood test not being known until 8th month of
pregnancy.
The mother of the premature baby had had 2 previous stillborn
(premature) babies and had been intermittently under treatment
since January, 1924.
Of the 12 babies born—
1 was still-born.
1 was premature but healthy.
9 were normal healthy infants.
1 infant gave a positive Wasserman.
7 infants gave a negative Wasserman.
4 infants not yet examined.
The Consultant Specialist to the Clinic, Dr. Roxburgh, reports
that a larger number of expectant mothers were tested by the
Wasserman reaction in 1925 than in the previous year, but apart
from this there has been a slight falling off in the Ante-natal work,
partly owing to the smaller number of positive Wasserman discovered
a satisfactory feature—but mainly owing to the fact that
many of the mothers so discovered either failed to attend for Antenatal
specific treatment or came so late in pregnancy that it was impossible
to start treatment. This is an unsatisfactory feature and
can only be remedied by the gradual education of the mothers in
the Borough to the importance of attending the Ante-natal clinics
early in pregnancy.
The table on page 32 shows the number of mothers treated
for svphilis ante-natallv in the complete years 1922, 1923, 1924
and 1925.