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in the Annual Report for 1921. After the necessary steps were taken, tenders were
invited for the erection of the Centre on the site purchased at the corner of Kingsland
Road and Laburnum Street. That of J. Jarvis & Sons, Ltd., for £21,760, was accepted
by the Council on 30th May and the work was commenced in August. At the end
of the year it was well in hand and considerable progress had been made.
At the Ante-Natal and Consultative Maternity Centre of the City of London
Maternity Hospital some 514 cases were dealt with. Of these 12.5 were examined
by the obstetric surgeons in charge of the centre. Some were examined more than
once so that altogether 206 examinations were made. The remaining cases were
seen by the sister attached to the centre and advised upon the various aspects of
their pregnancies. The special features noted were: contracted pelves in 7 cases,
prolapse of cord in 2, breach to vertex in 3, albuminuria in 11, pyelitis in 1, mitral
disease 1, fibroids 1, slight ante partem haemorrhage in 2, varicose veins 1, and
rupture of membranes in 1 case. There were 14 examinations because of previous
histories, and 8 on account of the duration of the pregnancies.
TJrine was tested in all cases. The great majority of the cases under observation
proved to be normal. During the year 289 cases were admitted to the hospital for
confinement and some 275 were attended at their own homes by the staff of the
hospital.
The very valuable work carried out during the year by the local District Nursing
Association, a work of the greatest possible service in the homes of the poor, may
here be referred to as the major part of it lies amongst children under five years.
Of some 4,001 visits at all ages, 2,654 were made to 202 sick children under the age
mentioned. The cases nursed included measles, pneumonia, bronchitis, ear disease,
ophthalmia neonatorum, and a number of other complaints.