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MATERNITY CLINIC.
This is open every Wednesday and Thursday
morning, and there is also a special post-natal session
on the afternoon of the third Monday every month.
Particulars of attendances :—
Total.
Expectant Mothers—First visits 529
—Subsequent visits 821 1,350
Mothers recently confined—Fiist visits 232, 338
—Subsequent visits 106
The number of sessions was 114, and the average
attendance per session was 14.8.
One hundred and fourteen of the mothers who
attended for pre-natal care also attended the Maternity
Clinic after their confinement, and 30 mothers were
sent away to a convalescent home.
The 529 women who attended for the first time
may be grouped as follows :—
Gravid —Primiparae 75
—Multipara 400
475
Sterile 2
Not pregnant 52
529
In the case of the 475 gravid women, the following
were the periods of gestation : —
1 was in the 1st month
41 were 2nd
51 3rd
62 4th
66 5th
104 6th
94 7th
48 8th
3 9th
while 5 who were not examined upon their first attendance
have not been allocated.