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82
These cases are delivered in Mayday Hospital Isolation
Wards, and transferred to the Borough V.D. Clinic on discharge.
Midwives Cases.
These cases may be summarised as follows:—
Total number of midwives' cases during 1942 183
Number of cases sent for one consultation only 79
Number of cases supervised entirely 104
SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS.
Special investigations were carried out on ante-natal patients
attending the Clinics and on patients in St. Mary's Maternity
Hospital and Mayday Hospital Maternity Wards.
Pathological Investigations.
Blood for Wasserman 128
Blood for Kahn Reaction 102
Blood for Gonococcus Fixation Test 102
Blood for Grouping 138
Blood for Culture 9
Blood for Urea Content 28
Blood for Widals, etc. 2
Blood for Cell Count, etc. 94
Catheter Urine for Routine Examination 485
Urine for Aschheim-Zondek Test 57
Urine for Urea Concentration Test 135
Lochia for Culture 53
Sputum for Examination 7
Pus for Identification of Organism 15
Urethral Smears for Gonococci, etc. 25
Cervical Smears for Gonococci, etc. 52
Conjunctival Smears 47
Histological Sections 323
Van den Burgh 3
Throat Swabs for Organisms 169
Faeces for Occult Blood, etc. 1
Blood for Icterus Index 2
Blood for Hb Estimation 673
Various 6
X-Ray Examinations (Mayday Hospital X-Ray Department).
238 cases were referred from Ante-Natal Clinics. Reasons
for reference were:—
Breech for Attitude, etc. 52
For Presentation, Attitude, etc. 70
T wins 57
Foetal Death 8
Foetal Parts 16
Disproportion 12
Foetal Abnormalities 12
Abnormal Presentations 11