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PRE-NATAL OFFICER'S REPORT, 1938.
During 1938 the number of new cases attending the Ante-Natal
and Post-Natal Clinics was 365 and the total number of attendances
1,597, of which the post-natal attendances numbered 173. The
corresponding figures for the previous year were 256, 1,231 and
147 respectively.
The number of cases removed from the current list was 200:—
Seventeen on account of removal from the Borough;
Twelve found on examination to be non-pregnant.
Of the remaining 171 cases there were:—
165 live births;
Two abortions, one being removed to hospital, the other
receiving no medical attention, but recovery, in both cases,
complete;
Four still-births, two following medical induction in cases of
albuminuria; one a case of anencephalus; and one a case
of extended breech with instrumental delivery.
Confinements were as follows:—
165 normal deliveries;
One Caesarean Section in a case of Placenta Prævia;
Three cases of induction of labour in mothers referred to
hospital with severe albuminuria;
Two forceps deliveries, one a case of contracted pelvis, the
other of extended breech.
Four cases of less severe albuminuria were referred to hospital
and responded to palliative treatment.
No maternal death occurred, but two cases of sepsis were notified,
one of breast abscess, the other, the result of difficult forceps
delivery. Recovery in both cases was complete.
One case of Ophthalmia Neonatorum occurred. Appropriate
treatment resulted in complete recovery.
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