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Report of the Medical Officer of the Hampstead Borough
Council Pre-Maternity Clinics.
Western Clinic. Eastern Clinic.
Number of new cases 204 101
Number of attendances of old patients 695 277
Number of sessions held 98 51
Average attendance per session 9 7
Number of patients referred to dentist 105 42
Number of patients sent to Convalescent
Home 12 3
Of the 305 new cases who attended in 1927,
55 were normal cases,
150 were slightly abnormal,
49 were seriously abnormal,
8 were connected with venereal disease,
26 attended for the first time after confinement,
8 cases were not eligible, and in
9 cases it was doubtful if they were so.
Analysis of Ante-Natal Cases (slightly abnormal and
seriously abnormal).
Morning sickness 26
Dyspepsia 16
Marked constipation 57
Anaemia and debility 6
Varicose veins 12
Phlebitis 1
Lax abdominal wall (needing bandage) 8
Hernia 1
Bronchitis 12
Pre-tubercular condition 3
Notified phthisis 2
Valvular disease of heart 4
Albuminuria 9
Toxæmia of pregnancy 3
Pyelitis 1
Hyperthyroidism 1
Discharging umbilicus 1
Chronic appendicitis 1
Carried forward 164