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Twins and Triplets.
There were 20 cases of Twins and none of Triplets. There
was no maternal death.
Mayday Mayday St. Mary's
Hospital Hospital Mat. Hosp.
Booked. Emergency. Booked. Total.
Number of Cases 5 4 11 20
Number of Infants discharged
alive 9 4 21 34
Number of Stillbirths
and Infant Deaths 1 4* 1 6
Foetal and Infant Mortality
10% 50% 4.5% 15%
*Two delivered before admission.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
There were 5 cases of Ophthalmia: 3 in Mayday Hospital
"Booked" cases, 1 in a Mayday Hospital "Emergency" case,
and 1 in a St. Mary's Maternity Hospital "Booked" case. The
Mayday Hospital "Booked" cases responded quickly to treatment,
only the lids being affected. The St. Mary's Maternity
Hospital case was transferred to the Borough Hospital, and the
Mayday Hospital "Emergency" case to St. Margaret's Hospital,
London, N.W. In no case was vision subsequently impaired.
POST-NATAL AND GYNAECOLOGICAL CLINIC.
It will be seen from the Numerical Summary of Cases on
page 133 that a considerable number of patients was treated during
the lying-in period for abnormal conditions which necessitated a
stay in hospital longer than the customary 14 days. The fall in
the incidence of abnormality among the cases attending the PostNatal
Clinic is probably partly due to this treatment. The
increasing number of those who attend the Post-Natal Clinic
would also lower the percentage of abnormalities, because it is
generally assumed that the incidence of abnormality in those who
absent themselves is smaller than in those who do attend.
In 1934 70 per cent. of "Booked" cases delivered in the
hospitals attended the Post-Natal Clinic six weeks after their
confinements.
Number of Sessions held 101
Number of individuals presented 981
Number of subsequent attendances 403
Total attendances 1,381
Average attendance per session 13.7
Number of Post-Natal cases 799
Number of Gynæcological cases 182