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187
Of 385 infants discharged from Mayday Hospital '248 were up
to or over birth weight (64.4 per cent.).
Of 587 infants discharged from St. Mary's Maternity Hospital
363 were up to or over birth weight (61.8 per cent.).
Twins and Triplets.
St. Mary's
Mayday Hospital. Mty. Hpl.
Booked. Emergency. Booked. Total.
No. of Cases 5 ... 2 ... 7 ... 14
No. of Infants discharged
alive 10 ... 2 ... 14 ... 26
No. of Still Births and Infant
Deaths 0 ... 2* ... 0 ... 2
Foetal Mortality 0 ... 50% 0 ... 7.7%
*Both dead before admission.
There were no maternal deaths.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
There were four cases of ophthalmia, two in Mayday Hospital
"booked" cases, two in Mayday Hospital "emergency" cases and
none at St. Mary's Maternity Hospital.
Three of the cases were transient; only the lids being affected.
One Mayday Hospital emergency case was severe and was transferred
to the Borough Hospital.
POST-NATAL AND GYNAECOLOGICAL CLINIC.
As in former years, it has to be assumed that the incidence
of abnormality in those who absented themselves from the PostNatal
Clinic is less than in those who did attend. The number of
those attending fell while the Obstetric Officer's post was vacant.
During the latter six months of the year it has risen higher than
ever before; this is partly due to the system introduced of giving
each case a definite appointment. The proportion of abnormality
in cases attending has become considerably less, probably because
since May, 1933, all cases from both hospitals have been examined
before being discharged and many were detained for further treatment.
Number of .Sessions held 86
Number of individuals presented 683
Number of subsequent attendances 529
Total number of attendances 1,212
Average attendance per session 14.1
Number of Post-Natal Cases 611
Number of Gynaecological Cases 72