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Hampstead 1925

Report for the year 1925 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Section 8.
Vital Statistics of the Borough.

I beg to submit the following Report on the work of the Pre-Maternitv Clinics for the year 1925:—

Western Clinic.Eastern Clinic.
Number of new cases17096
Number of attendances of old cases609302
Number of sessions held10252
Average attendance per session7 to 87
Number of cases sent referred to Dental Clinic6434
Number of patients sent to Convales-cent Home66

Analysis of Ante-Natal Cases. (Slightly and Seriously Abnormal.)

Morning Sickness22High Myopia (needing special treatment)1
Dyspepsia13
Constipation50Eyestrain symptoms1
Piles1Enlarged Thyroid1
Umbilical hernia1Markedly Retracted Nipples1
Lax Abdominal Wall (needing bandage)13
Marked Endocervicitis8
Anæmia and debility13Cervical Erosion2
Valvular Disease of the Heart4Threatened Miscarriage8
Varicose Veins14Miscarriage1
Phlebitis2Placenta Prævia2
Bronchitis5Ante-partum Hæmorrhage1
Phthisis2Postmaturity1
Toxaemia of Pregnancy4Contracted Pelvis (minor degrees of)11
Albuminuria6
Pyelitis1191
Neuritis1
Myalgia1