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Report by Dr. Gladys Hill.
I do not think I have anything very particular to say about the work of the
gynaecological clinic during the past year. There are certainly more patients for the
treatment and diagnosis of gynaecological conditions than there are for birth control.
The gynaecological cases which come for treatment are mostly those minor disabilities
for which patients do not go to hospital but which cause considerable discomfort
such as cervical erosions, displacements, prolapse, and mild menstrual disorders.
In a proportion of cases major lesions requiring operation have been diagnosed and
treatment arranged. Whenever the patient has a private doctor I endeavour to
communicate with the doctor and ask for co-operation. A fair measure of success
attends the birth control measures, but many patients do not use these measures
consistently.
The clinics become increasingly interesting and busy and the change to the new
rooms has proved already attractive to the patients and has greatly facilitated the
work.
SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL CONDITIONS
Of the 296 new patients who attended the medical clinic, the husbands of 253
were employed, those of 37 were unemployed, and the husbands of the remaining 6
were in receipt of public assistance relief. In the case of the gynaecological clinic the
corresponding figures for husbands are :—Employed 257 ; unemployed, 48 ; on
relief, 12. These figures show a considerable degree of employment amongst the
husbands. Further information was available in respect of 193 of the women who
attended the gynaecological clinic. It was found that 35 of these were employed and
the remaining 148 did no work apart from their domestic duties.