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25th March, 1926.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of the Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies, and Gentlemen,
I beg to submit the following Report on the work of the PreMaternitv
Clinics for the year 1925:—
Western Clinic.
Eastern Clinic.
Number of new cases
170
96
Number of attendances of old cases
609
302
Number of sessions held
102
52
Average attendance per session
7 to 8
7
Number of cases sent referred to Dental
Clinic
64
34
Number of patients sent to Convalescent
Home
6
6
Of the 266 new applicants, 27 were normal cases; 146 were
slightly abnormal; 45 seriously abnormal; 9 were connected with
venereal disease; 7 attended for the first time after confinement; 23
were definitely not eligible cases, and in 9 it was doubtful if they
were so.
Analysis of Ante-Natal Cases. (Slightly and Seriously Abnormal.)
Morning Sickness
22
High Myopia (needing
special treatment)
1
Dyspepsia
13
Constipation
50
Eyestrain symptoms
1
Piles
1
Enlarged Thyroid
1
Umbilical hernia
1
Markedly Retracted
Nipples
1
Lax Abdominal Wall
(needing bandage)
13
Marked Endocervicitis
8
Anæmia and debility
13
Cervical Erosion
2
Valvular Disease of the Heart
4
Threatened Miscarriage
8
Varicose Veins
14
Miscarriage
1
Phlebitis
2
Placenta Prævia
2
Bronchitis
5
Ante-partum Hæmorrhage
1
Phthisis
2
Postmaturity
1
Toxaemia of Pregnancy
4
Contracted Pelvis (minor
degrees of)
11
Albuminuria
6
Pyelitis
1
191
Neuritis
1
Myalgia
1