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10
BECKENHAM AND PENGE JOINT MATERNITY HOME
The number of admissions in 1941 was 310, compared with
405 in 1940.
DISTRICT CASES
Cases who do not wish to enter the Maternity Home for
confinement and cannot afford the services of a private
doctor, can have the attendance of a County Midwife who may
refer her patient to the Clinic Tinder the Ante-Natal Scheme.
OBSTETRIC CONSULTANT'S CLINIC
In the year 1941, there were twenty-one instances in
which Consultant Advice was requested by local practitioners.
The cases were distributed under the following headings:-
(a) Contracted Pelvis
Disproportion - spontaneous delivery
Disproportion - Caesarean Section
Disproportion - spontaneous delivery
Uterine inertia - Forceps
Prank Breech - spontaneous delivery Par Via Naturalls
(b) Mal Presentations
Breech - ante-natal opinion
Breech - extended legs, contracted pelvis - Caesarean Section
Transverse - external version
Irreducible Transverse lie - internal version
Irreducible Transverse lie - Caesarean section
( c) Toxemia
Albuminuria of Pregnancy
Albuminuria of Pregnancy
(d) Puerperal Pyrexia
Retained membranes
Retained membranes
Pyelitis
Infected episiotomy wound
Influenza
(e) Miscellaneous
Failed forceps - spontaneous delivery - puerperal peritonitis
Post maturity - medical induction
Retroverted gravid uterus