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550
Number of new cases 84
Number of attendances 242
"Seventy-one cases have been removed from current list:
Nine cases were not pregnant;
Four cases miscarried;
One moved from Borough;
"Of the remaining 57, 56 mothers had living babies and one
mother a stillbirth.
"Confinements were normal, except in four cases, where
difficulty was anticipated and arrangements made accordingly in
three. The fourth case attended once only, and had the stillborn
baby.
"No case of Sepsis or Ophthalmia Neonatorum occurred.
"One woman referred to hospital for treatment had a living
baby after three stillbirths; and another woman, pregnant for the
fifth time, at last gave birth to a living baby.
"A number of expectant mothers are suffering from serious
dental defects, which cannot be dealt with conveniently. Also, a
number of mothers wish there were facilities for post-natal care for
themselves."
SANITARY ADMINISTRATION.
It is noteworthy, as indicating the increase in the Office work,
that during 1924 personal interviews numbered approximately
2,800, and telephone calls exceeded 1,000.
It will be seen from the accompanying Report of the Chief
Sanitary Inspector that a large amount of sanitary work has been
performed during the year; 2,310 premises were inspected for
conditions injurious or dangerous to health, and insanitary conditions
varying in their nature from slight to grave were discovered to the
number of 1,486; 635 Intimation Notices, followed in 65 cases by
Statutory Notices, were complied with. 3,200 re-inspections were
made, making a total for the year of 5,510 inspections.