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MIDWIFERY SERVICE
Municipal midwives attended:—
1. Bookings for home confinement 955
2. Bookings for planned early discharge from hospital 696
3. Patients delivered at home 815
4. Primipara delivered at home 30
Multipara delivered at home 785
5. Live births delivered at home 813
6. Stillbirths delivered at home 2
(1) Prolapsed cord (1) Asphyxia
7. Neonatal deaths at home 0
8. Premature Infants born at home 13
39 weeks by dates 5lb. 4oz. 39 weeks by dates 5lb. 8pz.
39 " " " 5lb. 4oz. Uncertain of dates 4lb. 10oz.
37 " 5lb. 8oz. 36 weeks by dates 5lb. 10oz.
38 " " 5lb. 4oz. Term " " 5lb. 2oz.
Postmature " " 5lb. Term " " 5lb. 2oz.
37 weeks " 51 b. 8oz. 37 weeks " " 5lbs.
39 " " 5lb. 8oz.
9. Inhalational Analgesia given "Entonox" 627
"Trilene" 36
10. Patients given Pethidine or Pethilorfan 462
11. Postpartum Haemorrhages (including 3 secondary P.P.H.) 16
Treated at home 9
Admitted to Hospital 7
12. Retained Placentae 9
Treated at home 4
Admitted to Hospital 5
13. Flying Squad calls 10
14. Manual removal of placenta at home 1
15. Blood transfusions at home
16. Prolonged labours over 24 hours delivered at home 0
17. Forceps deliveries at home 0
18. Ventouse vacuum extraction at home
19. General anaesthetics given at home 3
20. Breech deliveries 3
21. Sets of twins delivered at home (undiagnosed)
22. Anaemia of Pregnancy treated at home 68
23. Pre-eclamptic toxaemia of pregnancy treated at home 13