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60 cases could not be admitted during the year. 26 of these
cases, however, had to be refused because the Home was being
decorated in June. Therefore, 34 cases could not be admitted to
the Home during 1929 owing to lack of accommodation.
At the end of the year 179 cases were booked for future
admission to the Home.
The average number of patients in the Home per day during
1929 was 17.82, and the average length of stay of patients 13.60
days.
Of the 481 cases admitted during 1929, 472 were confined in
the Home, 2 cases were admitted for observation only, 2 were
cases of inevitable abortion, and in 5 cases the babies were born
before arrival at the Home.
Of the 472 confinements there were :—
(a) 274 cases of first confinement.
(b) 198 cases having their second or subsequent confinement.
Of the total cases confined in the Home:—
(а) 98 cases were living in 2 rooms or less (59 being first
confinements).
(б) 100 cases were living in 3 rooms (75 being first confinements).
Of the 472 confinements, 29 women had engaged their own
doctor, 11 of these cases were, however, delivered by a midwife,
the doctor not being present at the birth. 443 were attended by
one of the midwives at the Home.