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45
Mothers recently confined 93
Subsequent attendances 127
220
Sessions held 52
Average attendance per session 13.5
Analysis of 1933 cases
First attendance—Primiparae 7
„ „ Multiparae 102
Not pregnant 15
Periods of gestation :—
In the 1st month 5
„ „ 2nd „ 7
„ „ 3rd 15
,, ,, 4th „ 23
„ „ 5th „ 14
,, ,, 6th „ 20
„ „ 7th „ 16
8th „ 9
„ „ 9th „ None
Full-term confinements 68
Not yet confined 34
Removed from district 4
Premature child 1
Miscarriage 1
Stillbirth 1
Known confinements at home 37
„ „ in institutions 31
Cases brought forward from 1932 :—
Full-term 29
Premature Nil
Not pregnant 4
BREAST FEEDING CLINIC.
(CORNWALL ROAD CENTRE).
Dr. Horton reports :
This Clinic was established a year ago for cases in which
there was evidence that the likelihood of maintaining breast
feeding was uncertain or even extremely doubtful. Such
mothers need the skill and supervision in favourable surroundings
that a small clinic can give them. The average attendance
was 16.2, this number being about the maximum at which
good work can be done under our present circumstances to