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Observation Nursery.—Summary of Work Done.
No. of mothers admitted 4
No. of cases in on 1st January, 1936 10
No. of cases admitted during 1936 94
Average duration of stay 30 days
No. of cases discharged 96
(a) In good health 76
(b) Improved 8
(c) No improvement (taken out by parents
against doctor's advice) 4
Referred to other institutions 7
No. of cases who died 1
No. in at end of 1936 8
1 case referred to Vincent Square—Pyloric
Stenosis.
1 case referred to Mayday—Mastoid.
5 cases referred to Borough Hospital—
Rubella 1, Mumps 1, Pertussis 2,
Ophthalmia 1.
Reasons for admission:—
Failure to thrive 29 Enteritis 4
Rachitis 13 Urticaria 1
Marasmus 6 Anaemia 1
Mismanagement 8 Pyloric stenosis 1
Malnutrition 14 Convulsions 2
Bronchitis 8 Conjunctivitis 1
Vomiting 3 Dental case 1
Re-establishment of breast
feeding 7
Massage Clinic.
The Massage Clinic in connection with the Maternity and
Child Welfare Scheme is held at Lodge Road on five afternoons
a week. Cases are referred thereto by the doctors at the Infant
Welfare Centres. A few cases are also referred from the Orthopaedic
Clinic and from London Hospitals.
The following Table summarises the work done, and
indicates the type of case referred.
Total number of female patients 41
„ „ male patients 74
Total 115