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55. BIRTH RATE.
The birth rate for the year was 18.3, compared Math 15.8 for England and
Wales.
56. ANTE-NATAL CLINICS.
The work of the Clinics was carried on as in previous years.
The attendances during the year were well maintained. The number of
primary attendances was 527, compared with 432 for 1930. Re-attendances
numbered 1,840 in 1931, and 1,536 during 1930. Two hundred and six sessions
were held during the year, making an average attendance of 11.5 mothers per session.
The total number of births including transfers was 975 and the number of
first attendances at the Ante-Natal Clinics was 527. It would therefore appear
that 54 per cent. of these cases availed themselves of our Ante-Natal Service.
Twenty-seven cases attended by midwives were referred by them or by the
health visitors for examination at the Ante-Natal Clinics owing to the presence of
defects following childbirth.
57. MATERNITY WARD.
The admissions to the Maternity Ward of the Municipal Hospital numbered
196, compared with 202 in 1930. Of these, 27 cases M ere admitted for ante-natal
treatment, and 169 for confinement. Corresponding figures for 1930 were 27 cases
for ante-natal treatment, and 175 for confinement.
(a) Number of eases admitted 196
(27 of which were Ante-natal)
(b) Average duration of stay 14.5 days
(c) Number of cases delivered by :—
Midwives 163
Doctors 6
(d) Number of cases in which medical assistance was sought by the
midwife, with reason for requiring assistance :—
Torn Perineum 18 High Temperature ... ... 2
Uterine Inertia 1 Slight Inflammation of Breast 1
Heart Attack 1 Patient strange in manner 1
Prolonged Labour 3 Ante-natal 2
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