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67
MATERNITY WARD.
The admissions to the Maternity Ward of the Municipal Hospital
numbered 180, compared with 200 in 1928. Of these 36 cases were
admitted for ante-natal treatment, and 144 for confinement.
Corresponding figures for 1928 were 29 cases for ante-natal treatment,
and 171 for confinement.
(1) Number of cases admitted 180
(36 of which Ante-natal)
(2) Average duration of stay 14.26 days
(3) Number of cases delivered by :—
(a) Midwives 142
(b) Doctors 2
(4) Number of cases in which medical assistance was
sought by the midwife with reason for requiring
assistance:—
(a) Ante-natal 1 Unsatisfactory condition of
mother
(b) During Labour 1 Uterine Inertia
(c) After Labour 6 Torn Perineum
(d) For Infant —
(5) Number of cases notified as puerperal sepsis
with result of treatment in each case Nil
(6) Number of cases notified as puerperal pyrexia
with result of treatment in each case Nil
(7) Number of cases of pemphigus neonatorum Nil
(8) Number of cases notified as ophthalmia neonatorum
with result of treatment in each case Nil
(9) Number of cases of " inflammation of the eyes,"
however slight Nil
(10) Number of infants not entirely breast fed while
in the Institution, with reasons why they were
not breast fed 2
(a) Weakness of mother 2
(b) Premature Infant Nil
(c) Partially fed—delicate mother Nil