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Nature of defects found at Municipal Centres.
10, John Street, Short's Gardens,
Holborn. St. Giles.
No. of women attending ante-natal clinics 75 7
Women expectant for the first time 17 (4 found to —
be not pregnant)
No. of attendances made 169 10
Defects found specially connected with pregnancy :—
Deformed pelvis 5 —
Threatened miscarriage 6 —
Extrauterine pregnancy 1 —
Breech presentation 1 —
Transverse presentation 2 —
Excessive vomiting 2 1
(Edema 9 —
Varicose veins 17 —
Excessive vaginal discharge 5 1
Albuminuria 4 (2 slight) 1
Venereal disease 1 —
Other defects 9 —
Other defects:—
Pulmonary tuberculosis 1 —
Heart disease 3 —
Anæmia 3 —
Respiratory diseases 4 1
Constipation 28 1
Dental caries 24 —
Dyspepsia 5 1
Pyorrhoea 8 —
Other defects 8 —
No. referred to maternity hospitals:—
Normal 4
Abnormal 13
No. referred to dental clinic 12
No. of urine tests made 90
The urine of two women showed a fair amount of albumin; dietic advice was given and
the patients referred to hospital for confinement. In two other instances there was a faint
trace only.
Post-Natal Consultations.
Twenty-one mothers attended the post-natal consultations at the Centre,
10, John Street, eight of whom had attended the Centre as ante-natal cases. They
made 33 attendances in all.
In ten no abnormality due to pregnancy was found.
In eleven defects were found including:—
Retroversion of uterus 2 Referred to hospital
Fibroid 1 Referred to hospital
Prolapsed uterus 1 Referred to hospital
Ovarian cyst 1 Referred to hospital
Laceration of cervix 2 Referred to hospital
Venereal disease suspected 1 Referred to hospital for Wasserman test
Prolonged lochia 1 Treated at clinic
Vaginitis 1 Treated at clinic
Leucorrhœa 1 Treated at clinic