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The total number of patients treated by the Obstetric Service
was:—
(a) In Mayday Hospital 1,682
(b) In St. Mary's Maternity Hospital 669
(c) In the Borough Hospital Puerperal Infection Unit 15
(d) At the Ante Natal Clinics and delivered outside the above
Hospitals (including Municipal Midwives' cases) 1,774
(e) At the Post-Natal Clinics, excluding those included in
(a), (b), (c) and (d) 1,633
(f) At the Ante-Natal Clinics and undelivered on December
31st, 1946 866
6,639
Incidence of Abortion.
1946. 1945.
Incomplete abortions 171 167
Threatened abortion with final evacuation 24 33
Inevitable abortion 27 15
Complete abortion 32 16
Missed abortion — 10
Threatened abortion discharged undelivered 44 62
Total 298 303
ANTE-NATAL SUPERVISION.
1945 1946
No. of Sessions at Ante-Natal Clinics held 601 603
No. of individuals who attended 4,092 4,484
No. of previous year's cases continuing attendance
939 1,177
No. of new cases 3,153 3,238
No. of cases undelivered on 31st December 1,177 866
Total attendances made 22,663 21,615
Average attendances per session 38 36
No. of cases delivered in hospital as Booked
cases 1,684 1,941
No. of cases delivered by Municipal Midwives. 1,015 1,610
No. of cases delivered at other places under
the care of private doctors or midwives 150 65
No. of patients found not to be pregnant 28 18
No. of patients referred to hospital for Ante-
Natal treatment 359 316
The conditions for which these were admitted can be ascertained
by reference to the "Booked" columns of the Numerical
Summary of Cases. 8 Ante-Natal Clinics per week are now
held at Lodge Road for cases booked for Hospital delivery and
4 Clinics per week for home delivery. A Post-Natal Clinic for
cases delivered at home has also been instituted.
During 1946 the Obstetric Service dealt with 3,605 out of
the total births allocated to the Borough.