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Wasserman reaction for syphilis: —
Number of blood tests 3
Positive 2
Number of films 11
Positive . —
The following features of the work of the Clinic
are also of interest:—
(i) The large proportion of women attending in
the early months of pregnancy. This is a striking
testimony to the successful working of the Clinic and
the confidence it inspires in the mothers.
(ii) Many women, believing themselves pregnant,
by attending the Clinic learn that although not pregnant
they are suffering from conditions frequently coincident
with the menopause such as fibroids, cysts, etc.
(iii) Of the mothers who attended the Maternity
Clinic during the year, 159 have attended the Infant
Consultations with their children. Fourteen of the
mothers engaged a Home Help from the Council's
panel, and 73 of them obtained one of the Council's
maternity outfits.
The results of the 127 cases brought forward from
1927 were as follows:—
Full-time confinements 122
Miscarriage (2); Stillbirths (nil) 2
Not pregnant 3
Of the 122 who were confined, in 89 cases this took
place at home, and in 33 cases in an institution.
Dr. R. C. Townshend reports on the work of the
Maternity Clinc, as follows: —
I am glad to be able to report that there has been a
further increase in the average attendance during the year.
There is nothing outstanding to report with regard to
the results of the cases. With regard to the Caesiarian
Section, this operation was performed for the second time
on the same patient, with a satisfactory result. With regard
to the miscarriages, all occurred in multiparae, and, with
four exceptions, there was a history of the patient's having