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132
Live Births
Attended
St. Katharine's
Ante-Natal Clinic
1938
1937
1938
1937
Doctor's patients
59
98
2 (3.4%)
8 (8.2%)
Midwives' patients
200
242
127 (63.5%)
168 (69.4%)
St. Andrew's Hospital
500
454
311 (62.0%)
294 (64.8%)
East End Maternity Hospital
161
186
11 (6.8%)
15 (8.1%)
Other Institutions
62
56
4 (6.4%)
0 (0.0%)
In all 592 (1937—605) women have attended this department
during the year, making 1,720 visits (1,691), or 2.9 (2.8) visits apiece.
The average attendance has been 35.1 (33.8) per Clinic. There were
531 new cases during the year.
Post-Natal Department.
284 women (1937—229), or nearly a third (1937 a quarter) of
"the number confined, have been examined. There were 253 (198) new
cases. They have averaged 2.3 (2.3) visits apiece. Total attendances
653 (530).
Observation Ward.
60 infants (1937—64) were admitted during the year and made an
-average stay of 40.2 days (31.6) each. The reasons for admission were
as follows:—
Illness of Mother 19
Nutritional disorders 15
Recovery from tonsillectomy 11
Preparation for tonsillectomy 2
Nervous disorders 3
Otitis Media 3
Atelectasis, Rickets, Pyloric Obstruction
Skin Lesions 7
60