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(f) Gynaecological Clinics.—The primary object of these clinics is, as I pointed
out last year, to enable ordinary women who believe themselves to be in ordinary
health to have a complete overhaul so that they may rest assured that there are
no signs of commencement of any serious conditions from which women suffer.
These conditions are often only apparent to the ordinary average person in the later
stages, but can be detected by a trained person in the early stages when they are
usually easily dealt with.
It is unfortunate that so far the primary object of this clinic has not been
sufficiently recognised. It is of course uphill work to get ordinary people who
believe themselves to be in ordinary health to consult a doctor, but the small
beginnings which have been made in this direction will I hope grow. It is I am sure
a step in the right direction.
(g) Pemphigus Neonatorum.—Pemphigus Neonatorum is in Barking an infectious
disease within the meaning of the Infectious Disease (Notification) Act, 1889, and
six such notifications were received during the year.
(h) Maternal Mortality.—According to the return of the Registrar-General
there were during the year 1935 four deaths from puerperal causes—three deaths
from puerperal sepsis and one death from other puerperal causes. This gives a
rate of 3.18 per 1,000 total births.

*Rate per thousand live births—figure not available in respect of rate per thousand total births.