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During' the year medical help was obtained in 178 cases, as
follows:—
For the Mothers—
Ruptured perineum 46
Prolonged labour 36
Post-partum haemorrhage 5
Retained placenta 1
Ante-partum hæmorrhage 9
Miscarriage 1
Rise of temperature 9
Inflammation of breasts 2
Malpresentations 3
Phlebitis 2
Uterine inertia 2
Other causes 6
For the Infants —
Prematurity and dangerous feebleness 20
Deformities 1
Discharging eyes 7
Baby found dead on arrival of midwife 4
Born before arrival 2
Rash, undefined 1
Unsatisfactory condition of infant 14
Other causes 7
Visits have been paid as required to one registered Nursing
Home in the district.
Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia.
Notification of all feverish conditions occurring soon after a
confinement, by doctors attending such cases, is required by regulations
for the control of Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia
that came into force in October, 1926. The object of these Regulations
is to secure that women who suffer from such conditions
may as quickly as possible come under special treatment, if necessary,
or may be provided with skilled nursing or with institutional
treatment.