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receiving this treatment will be prepared in due course. Erythema has only been
noticed in a few cases. There have been no recorded cases of desquamation.
pigmentation has not occurred. Local lesions have not been treated.
During the period under consideration the lamp has been run for 221 hours
40 minutes, and the cost of the current used has been 11s. 5d. The average cost of
the current per hour would thus amount to -6 of a penny. The average cost of each
patient's treatment, excluding initial expenditure, has been approximately 8s.
It would not be wise without more prolonged experience to make a definite
statement as to the extent of the benefit derivable from the treatment but there are
good grounds for believing that the artificial sunlight clinic is a very valuable adjunct
to our maternity and child welfare work.
The medical staff for the centres during the year was unchanged and the same
remark is applicable to the health visitors.
The following probationers received certificates during the year : Misses D. M.
Punter, D. Harrop, and B. Duncan.
It is a matter of regret to have to report that Mrs. Thompson was obliged to
discontinue giving massage to the infants in the wards on account of ill-health.
Considerable benefit was derived from this treatment, which it is hoped before long
will again be available.
The numbers at the weekly Ante-Natal Clinics have been well maintained, and
the numbers attending the Child Welfare Centres show a marked increase during the
year. The numbers of centres and Ante-Natal and Infant Welfare consultations
remain unchanged.
Dinners were served as usual during the year at the Model Centre in Kingsland
Road and at the Dining Centre, 28, Herbert Street. The temporary appointment of
Miss Zemaitis at the latter Centre referred to in last year's report was made permanent
during the year.
According to information supplied by the Hospital Authorities 409 cases from
Shoreditch were dealt with at the Ante-Natal and Consultative Maternity Centre of
the City of London Maternity Hospital during 1926. Of these 206 were examined by
the Obstetric Surgeon attached to the Centre, some 379 examinations being made.
In all cases the urine was tested. In 203 the Sister attached to the department saw
and advised expectant mothers upon various aspects of their pregnancies. Some
18 cases were referred to this Centre by the Council's Medical Officers under the
existing agreement with the Hospital for diagnoses and for their confinements
in the institution.
Special features noted during the year were : haemorrhage in 8 instances, contracted
pelvis in 22, albuminuria in 16, breech presentations in 6, transverse 2,
Pneumonia 2, pyelitis 6, phlebitis 2, heart disease 2, tuberculosis 2, bad histories 24,
varicose veins 2, septic boils 1, hydrocephalus 2, gonorrhoea 1, hip disease 1,
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