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Abnormal cases among patients attending these Clinics included
Albuminurias, 19; cardiac cases, 6; skin cases, 4; herniæ, 4,
and a large variety of other types including anaemias, asthma,
arthritis, eye cases, etc.
Cases requiring Institutional Treatment during the Ante-natal
period.
In the Battersea Maternity Home:—For induction, 36;
albuminuria, 9; examination under anaesthesia, 20 (for version);
antepartum haemorrhage, 1.
Cases referred for opinion, special pathology, or treatment
(excluding dental cases and cases referred to Tuberculosis Dispensary):—To
St. James' Hospital, 5; South London Hospital, 7;
Middlesex Hospital, 14; Battersea General Hospital, 1; Bolingbroke
Hospital, 2; own doctor, 13.
Return cases—67.
Friday Morning (Southlands) Clinic.—Number of Clinics held
—52. The total attendances at this Clinic numbered 868, with an
average attendance of 16.7, i.e. an increase of 132 attendances on
1930, when the average attendance per clinic was 14.7. New cases
numbered 335, an increase of 81 on the preceding year, and an
average of 6.4 per Clinic. Primiparae numbered 118, multiparæ
217.
Booking date with reference to period of pregnancy.—1 to 6
months, 194; 6 to 8 months, 112; 8 months on, 28.
Cases referred for dental treatment—156.
Cases referred to the Tuberculosis Dispensary—1.
Abnormal cases among patients attending this Clinic included—
Albuminuria, 4 cases; cardiac disease, 4 cases; other cases:
asthma, (?) appendicitis, varicose veins, &c.
Cases requiring institutional treatment during the ante-natal
period:—In the Battersea Maternity Home: for albuminuria, 3
cases; induction, 2; examination under anaesthesia, 5 (for version);
(?) premature labour, 1 ; antepartum haemorrhage, 1.
Cases referred for opinion, special pathology or treatment
(excluding dental cases and cases referred to Tuberculosis Dispensary)
:—To the South London Hospital, 2 cases; Bolingbroke
Hospital, 1; Battersea General Hospital, 1; St. James' Hospital,
1 ; own doctor, 5.
Return cases—106.
Borough Maternity Home (In-Patients).—The following is a
table of cases supplied from the records of the Borough Maternity
Home, and which are of interest in relation to the work of the
Ante-natal Department:—
Cases of Albuminuria recommended admission—12.