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MATERNITY CLINIC.
This is open every Wednesday and Thursday
morning, and during 1930 there was also a special
post-natal session on the afternoon of the third Monday
every month.
Particulars of attendances: Total.
Expectant Mothers—First visits 531
,, „ —Subsequent visits 9301 1,461
Mothers recently confined—First visits 186 252
,, „ „ —Subsequent visits 761
The number of sessions was 114, and the average
attendance per session was 15.1.
Eighty-four of the mothers who attended for prenatal
care also attended the Maternity Clinic after
their confinement, and 24 mothers were sent away to a
convalescent home.
The 531 women who attended for the first time
may be grouped as follows: —
Gravid:—Primiparse 83
—Multiparse 413
496
Sterile 2
Not pregnant 33
531
In the case of the 496 gravid women, the following
were the periods of gestation:—
— was in the 1st month
37 were „ „ 2nd „
52 „ „ „ 3rd „
62 „ „ „ 4th „
91 ,, ,, ,, 5th ,,
110 „ „ „ 6th „
100 „ „ „ 7th „
34 ,, „ „ 8th „
1 ,, ,, ,, 9th ,,
while 9 who were not examined upon their first attendance
have not been allocated.