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There were 14 deaths of infants during the first year of life from the
following causes:—
Broncho-pneumonia, aged 2 weeks 1
Broncho-pneumonia, aged 7 months 1
Broncho-pneumonia, Inhaled vomitus, Intestinal obstruction
due to congenital defect of gut, aged 12 days 1
Cachexia, Congenital malformation, Congenital hand,
congenital heart and congenital absence of vertebra,
aged 4 months 1
Cardiac failure due to toxaemia due to acute intestinal
obstruction due to intussusception, aged 3 months 1
Cardiac failure due to Broncho-pneumonia due to acute
Gastro Enteritis, aged 10 months 1
Cardiac failure due to Streptococcal Peritonitis, aged
3 months 1
Convulsions, aged 6 days 1
Gastro Enteritis, aged 6 weeks 1
Heart failure, Congenital heart disease, aged 6 weeks 1
Heart failure, Dehydration, Gastro Enteritis, aged 8 months 1
Inanition, Extreme prematurity (29 weeks preg.), aged
4 days 1
Myocardial failure, Asphyxia, aged 30 minutes 1
Premature birth, aged 5 days 1
In 6 of these cases the Midwife was engaged as a Maternity Nurse only.
Salvation Army Midwifery Service.—126 cases were attended by the
Salvation Army midwives during the year; 119 as a midwife and 7 as a
maternity nurse.
Home Helps.—At the end of 1945 there were 5 Home Helps available
for full time employment at the homes of expectant and nursing mothers
and where there were children under 5 years of age.
During the year 143 cases were attended.
Ante-Natal Clinics.
Maternity Mayesbrook
Home Clinic
First attendances 927 213
Subsequent attendances 6,995 1,581
Number of expectant mothers on the
rolls on 31st December, 1945 361 99
All patients booked for admission to the Maternity Home are medically
examined at the Ante-Natal Clinics.
During the year, 349 cases other than those booked for admission to the
Maternity Home were examined at the Clinics. There were 1,527 attendances
by such cases.
The Consulting Obstetrician made weekly visits to the Ante-Natal
Clinic during 1945.
During the year 52 ordinary visits were made, 442 patients referred
from the Ante-Natal and Post-Natal Clinics, and 127 patients referred by
private Doctors, were examined. This last figure represents an increase
of 119 per cent. over the number examined during the previous year. A total
of 1,007 examinations were made.
X-Ray Examination of Ante-Natal Patients.
93 examinations were made at King George Hospital in 1945.