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in their attendance ; (4) includes those who were transferred to
hospital after one attendance, or who ceased to attend for some
other known reason, e.g., removal from district, etc. The unsatisfactory
group (5) includes both those who attended early in
pregnancy but did not attend regularly, and those whose first
attendance was made so late in pregnancy that it was possible to
see them once only.
Thirty-one point sixty-five per cent, of expectant mothers
attended of their own accord or on the advice of a friend or relative.
Fifty-seven point thirty-one per cent, were sent by their midwives
and 12 cases were advised to attend by their own doctors.
The number of home visits made by Health Visitors to expectant
mothers during the year was 133.

Two patients who had attended the ante-natal clinic died
during pregnancy.
One was a primigravida, aged 23 years; who was about 18
weeks pregnant when she attended for examination. She gave a
history of tuberculosis, having been in a sanatorium for twelve