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POST-NATAL AND GYNAECOLOGICAL CLINIC.
In 1938, 77 per cent. of "Booked" cases delivered in the
hospitals attended the Post-Natal Clinic six weeks after their confinements.
This is 14 per cent. more than in 1937.
Number of Sessions held 102
Number of individuals presented 1,356
Number of subsequent attendances 982
Total attendances 2,382
Average attendance per session 23.4
Number of Post-Natal cases 1,086
Number of Gynaecological cases 270
END RESULTS.
946 cases were treated to their termination (other than death)
during the year, and the results were classed as follows:—
Result I.—Health unimpaired as a result of recent confinment
(i.e., no symptoms and no anatomical or functional
disability). (87.5 per cent.).
Result II.—Health slightly impaired as a result of recent confinement
(i.e., no symptoms or disability, but anatomical
damage likely to lead to disability in the future, particularly
if increased by further pregnancies. This group
includes cases impaired by previous confinements and
further impaired by the recent confinement so as to make
the total impairment, due to all previous confinements,
equal to that described in Result III.). (12 per cent.).
Result III.—Health seriously impaired as a result of recent
confinement (i.e., symptoms or disability present due to
trauma, infection, etc., or damage to vital organs, as in
chronic nephritis. (0 5 per cent.).