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Cardiac Disease.
There were seven cases. One mother died, a "Booked" case
at Mayday Hospital: a mortality of 14.3 per cent. One infant
was undelivered when the mother died, and one was still-born : a
mortality of 40 per cent. Two abortions make mortality 2 out
of 5.
Hydramnios.
There were eight cases: two "Booked" and three "Emergency"
cases at Mayday Hospital, and three "Booked" cases at
St. Mary's Maternity Hospital.
No mother died. Five infants were still-born, a mortality
of 71.4 per cent.
Albuminuria.
Every patient attending the Ante-Natal Clinic has the urine
tested and the blood pressure recorded at each visit. All cases of
Albuminuria (confirmed by catheter specimen) or hypertension
with a diastolic blood pressure of 90 or over, are admitted to
Hospital. The routine treatment adopted in Hospital was rest,
meat-free diet with a high vitamin and calcium content, copious
fluids, alkalies and aperients. If the symptoms and signs did not
disappear in about 10 days, or if they became progressively worse,
labour was induced in Mayday Hospital cases; and in St. Mary's
Maternity Hospital, cases were handed over to the rota Medical
Officer with this recommendation.