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At these Clinics a very careful examination is carried out by
the Medical Officer including the examination of the urine and a
record of the Blood pressure and if thought desirable a Blood Test
(Wassermann). X-Ray examinations are arranged for, and
appropriate steps taken for the treatment of any patient showing
signs of toxaemia of pregnancy. A full report of the conditions
found is forwarded to any general practitioner or midwife who
has referred a case to the Clinic. From the ante-natal clinics,
the following 42 cases were admitted to the Maternity Home for
observation or treatment for periods varying from 1 to 3 or 4 days,
viz.:—
Hyperemesis Gravidarum 2
Hysteria 2
Version 2
Albuminuria 4
Mitral Stenosis 1
Examination re Induction 12
Ante-partum Haemorrhage 2
In Labour 12
Remaining in till confined 5
Infantile Mortality.—The total number of deaths under 1
year of age was 80, as compared with 116 for the previous year.
The Infantile Mortality Rate is thus equal to 59 per 1,000 Births.
The rate for the previous year was 87, and the average for the last
ten years 65.
The Infantile Mortality Rate for the County of London is 58
and that for the 121 large towns 62. The following are the local
rates:—
Charlton and Kidbrooke 52
East Greenwich 62
West Greenwich 63
St. Nicholas, Deptford 66
Of the total of 80 deaths, 36 died before attaining the age of
1 month (29 being in the first week).
The Infantile Mortality Rate (59) is the lowest recorded since
1930. The reduction is in part due to a lower incidence of respiratory
diseases such as pneumonia and whooping cough as well as to a
much less severe type of diarrhoea and enteritis.