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Mastitis 5
Pyrexia 2
Pyelitis 1
Probable caesarian section 1
Post partum haemorrhage 1
High blood pressure and epigastric pain 1
Ante-partum haemorrhage and toxaemia 1
Toxaemia 1
Placenta praevia 1
Threatened labour 1
Head still high following surgical induction 1
Haemorrhage following surgical induction 1
Forceps delivery 1
Three patients died at the Maternity Home from (1) Acute
yellow atrophy ; (2) General peritonitis; Caesarian section (emergency
case, difficult labour); and (3) Acute influenzal pneumonia;
placenta praevia. The latter two cases were confined in the
Surgical Block.
The maternal mortality rate for the Ward Blocks of the Home
for the ten years from 1927—1936 is .84, as compared with the
maternal mortality rate in the district generally of 3.3, the rate
in each case being calculated on the total live births.
Fees.—Until July, 1936, the circumstances of those unable
to pay a fee of two guineas per week were inquired into by the
Health Visitors, and a fee was decided on by the Medical Officer
of Health, special cases being referred to the Maternity and Child
Welfare Committee.
As from that date, the Council adopted a scale of charges
for maintenance and treatment of patients in the Home.
The following tables show in extenso the fees which were paid
by women admitted to the Home :—