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Three cases of ophthalmia neonatorum were notified from the
Home. One case was due to a staphylococcal conjunctivitis. The
other two were due to a blocked lachrymal duct with some dacryocystitis.
The Consulting Obstetrician or his Deputy paid the usual
fortnightly visits to the Home. During 1935, 26 ordinary visits
were paid, and 208 patients referred from the Ante-Natal and
Post- Natal Clinics were examined. During the year 23 other cases
were visited, as follows:—
To perform Caesarian section operations 4
For consultations 19
The reasons for the 4 Caesarian section operations were as
follows :-
Disproportionate measurements 3
Severe cardiac disease 1
The consultations were for the following reasons:—
Difficult labour 8
Pyrexia 3
Toxaemia conditions 3
Acute necrosis of liver 1
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General condition 2
One patient died at the Maternity Home from acute necrosis
of liver.
The maternal mortality rate for the Home for the ten years
from 1926—1935 is .88, as compared with the maternal mortality
rate in the district generally of 3.43, the rate in each case being
calculated on the total live births.
The circumstances of those unable to pay a fee of two guineas
per week are inquired into by the Health Visitors, and a fee is
decided on by the Medical Officer of Health, special cases being
referred to the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee.