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Cardiac cases—
Number of cases
6
Cases delivered in Battersea Maternity Hospital
5
Results—Mothers all good.
Babies—1 neo-natal death (premature baby,
toxaemia), 4 good.
Ante-partum hemorrhage—
Accidental haemorrhage
4
Results—Mothers all good.
Babies—Good, 2; stillborn, 1 (toxaemia) ;
delivered elsewhere, 1.
Placenta prcevia—
Number of cases
5
Results—Mothers, all good.
Babies—Good, 3 (including twins) ; still born, 2
(anencephalic monster 1, macerated foetus 1) ;
neo-natal death, 1 (very premature, toxaemia).
Forceps cases—
Number of cases
15
Indications (one or more may be present)—
Uterine inertia
12
Maternal distress
7
Fcetal distress
3
Persistent occipito posterior presentation
1
Rising blood pressure
1
Not stated
1
Results—Mothers, all good.
Babies—Good, 13 ; still-birth, 2.
The subjoined table shows in summary the number of attendances,
&c., during 1936, at the municipal ante-natal clinics
(excluding the special clinics referred to on page 37).
Clinics held at
Maternity
Hospital.
Southlands.
Plough
Road.
All Saints
Hall.
Total.
Sessions
105
50
52
50
257
Attendances
3,072
822
683
499
5,076
average
29
16
13
10
20
New cases
441
229
34
5
709
Interviews by doctor
3,073
799
622
460
4,954
Average per session
seen by doctor
29
16
12
9
19
The work of the ante-natal clinic of the Women's League of
Service is referred to on page 26.