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Extension of Premises.
During the year certain necessary improvements were carried
out at the Maternity Home. The ward facing Rosenthal Road was
converted into an isolation room with bathroom and water-closet, and
in addition to this there was room for a lavatory containing three
wash basins. To accommodate the four beds displaced by these
alterations two of the existing wards were extended in the rear to
take three additional beds on the first floor and one on the ground
floor. A sterilizing room leading off the labour room and an admission
bathroom on the ground floor were provided. Additional
sleeping accommodation for the nursing staff was also provided at
the Maternity Home in lieu of the premises rented by the Council
at No. 1, Honley Road.
It was necessary to suspend bookings at the Home for three
months to enable the alterations to be carried out, and there was a
consequent decrease in the number of cases admitted during the year.
Clinics for Expectant Mothers.
The Central Clinic is held at the Maternity Home on Monday,
Tuesday, and Thursday mornings in each week.
Particulars of the Clinics for the year 1934 are as follows:—
Number of Sessions held 150
Number of Patients examined 630
Number of Attendances made by all Patients 3,172
Number of Primigravidæexamined 310
Number of Multigravidæ examined 295
Number who were found to be not pregnant 25
Number of normal labours 325
Number of abnormal labours 42
Number undelivered at the end of 1934 207
Number removed from the district 31
Number sent by the Maternity Home 402
Number sent by Midwives 121
Number sent by Doctors and Institutions 7
Number who came on their own initiative 93
Number who came at the suggestion of the Health Visitor 7
Number who attended for Post-natal examination 191