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Forty-nine cases of albuminuria were seen and treated, and 36
cases of cardiac disease, often of a very mild nature, were noted.
" Other cases" numbered 49, and consisted of abnormalities,
deformities, &c., e.g. enlarged thyroid, Rachitic chests, scoliosis.
Other Clinics.
New patients numbered as follows:—
Southlands 254
All Saints 70
Plough Road 93
Although of these Southlands Clinic alone is under my care,
all new cases are examined by me at the time of first attendance.
At these Clinics the number of multiparas (230) greatly exceeds the
number of primiparae (187), but 310 patients, or 74 per cent,
(approximately) booked before the sixth month, showing how the
mothers are becoming educated to realise the value and necessity
of ante-natal care.
33 cases of albuminuria were seen and treated.
24 cases of cardiac disease were noted, while "other cases"
numbered 49.
In all 66 cases were referred for dental treatment and 4 cases
to the Tuberculosis Dispensary.
In conjunction with this report the following figures are
of interest:—
Albuminurias.
Of the 82 cases attending the Clinics 14 only were considered to
require admission to the Borough Maternity Hospital. Nine
were delivered normally and five left the hospital relieved
after treatment. No case of Eclampsia occurred.
Antepartum. Hemorrhage. 4
Inductions—
Bougie 16
Mothers—satisfactory (N.B.—One mother died in Metropolitan
Asylum's Board Hospital six weeks after difficult forceps
delivery).
Babies—-1 still birth.
Quinine, others, &c. 20
Mothers all well. Babies all well.
Breech Deliveries.
Undiagnosed at full term 2