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Abnormal cases attending the clinic, especially:—Albuminuria,
10; cardiac disease, 1; referred to Tuberculosis Dispensary for
opinion re chest condition, 6; small pelvis, 2; other, 3.
Cases referred for special examination or treatment:—To
Tuberculosis Officer, 6; to Dentist, 109; to private Doctor, 5; to
other hospitals, 1.
Cases requiring admission to Battersea Maternity Home during
ante-natal period, for examination, treatment, etc., 10.
The following information, supplied from the reports of the
Resident Medical Officer (of the Borough Maternity Hospital), is
also of great interest in relation to the work of the Ante-natal
Department.
Albuminuria.—Number of cases requiring in-patient treatment,
35. Results.—Mothers—33 good; 2 improved. Babies—
35 good.
Cases of eclampsia—3. Results.—Mothers—3 good. Babies—
3 good.
Antepartum Hemorrhage.—Accidental hemorrhage, 1 case.
Result—(mother—good; baby died 7½ hours). Placenta praevia,
2 cases. Result—(mother—good; baby—good).
Inductions.—Medical, 46 cases; by artificial rupture of membranes,
etc., 17.
Medical.—46 cases. Indications and results:—Hyperpiesis
and albuminuria, 15; disproportion, 3; eclampsia, 1; postmaturity,
17; contracted pelvis, 6; large baby, 4. Results.—
Mothers—all good. Babies—2 still births (II. and V.).
A.R.M., etc.—17 cases. Results.—Albuminuria and hyperpiesis,
16; post-maturity, 1. Results.—Mothers—all good.
Babies—all good.
Forceps delivery—10 cases. Indications and results—Delay in
second stage, 6; occipito-posterior position after manual rotation,
2; threatened uterine inertia, 1; contracted pelvis, 1. Results.—
Mothers—all good. Babies—all good.
Examinations under anesthesia:—For version, 8 cases (successful,
6; unsuccessful, 2). To confirm diagnosis of presentation,
4 cases.
Number of cases delivered as breech at term—3 (diagnosed, 2;
undiagnosed, 1).
Cesarean Section—10 cases. Indications and results.—Prolapse
of cord, 1; primiparae of 41 years, 1; disproportion, 2; contracted
pelvis, 3; placenta praevia, 2; accidental haemorrhage, 1.