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An analysis of these cases shows : —
Full-term confinements 307
Premature births 3
Miscarriages (7); Stillbirths (11) 18
Not yet confined 137
Left borough (results unknown) 10
The known confinements took place :—
257 at home, and
71 in institutions.
Wasserman reaction for syphilis:—
Number of blood tests 10
Positive 1
Number of films 24
Positive Nil
The following features of the work of the Clinic
are also of interest:—
(i) The continued 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) Of the mothers who attended the Maternity
Clinic during the year, 188 have attended the Infant
Consultations with their children. Sixty-five of the
mothers engaged a Home Help from the Council's
panel, and 96 of them obtained one of the Council's
maternity outfits.
The results of the 135 cases brought forward from
1928 were as follows : —
Full-time confinements 119
Premature births 2
Miscarriage (3); Stillbirths (5) 8
Not pregnant 2
Left district (result unknown) 4
Of the 129 who were confined, in 80 cases this took
place at home, and in 49 cases in an institution.