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A full course consists of 13 classes held once weekly, and an
outline of the subject matter is given below. Husbands are invited to
join their wives at some of the sessions.
Syllabus
Introduction—Purpose of Mothercraft and Relaxation.
Anatomy and Physiology of Pregnancy.
Birth of the Baby—flannelgraphs.
Hygiene of Pregnancy (1)
Hygiene of Pregnancy (2)
Preparation for confinement at home and hospital—gas and air.
Films—Brother for Susan.
My First Baby.
A Tooth in time.
Layette.
Bathing the baby.
Minor ailments in babyhood.
Breast and artificial feeding—recapitulation.
Films—Your Children and You.
A Flying Start.
A Modern Guide to Health.
Prophylaxis and general discussion.
Confinements. During the year, 2,135 mothers were confined,
giving birih to 2,156 infants (including 21 pairs of twins). These were
born as follows:—
Oldchurch Hospital 804
Other Hospitals 420
At Home 932
2,156
It is pleasing to note that no maternal deaths occurred during the
year.
While the demand for beds for hospital confinements remain
greater than the local hospitals can meet it is necessary to select patients
for hospital confinements. Priority is given to cases with medical or
obstetric indications, and to those cases in which there are adverse
social conditions. As available accommodation does not enable us to
include all mothers having their first babies, priority is given to those
aged 30 years or more at the time of confinement. Mothers who have
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