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A Doctor was called in at the time of the confinement or subsequently
to 229 of the 718 cases in which a midwife had been engaged.
7 cases were notified as suffering from Puerperal Pyrexia, 5 of these
cases were removed to the Isolation Hospital and one to King George Hospital.
Two of the cases had engaged their own Doctor to attend them.
Two babies were notified as suffering from Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
The condition of the eyes cleared satisfactorily. In one case the midwife
was engaged as a maternity nurse only.
One infant was notified as suffering from Pemphigus Neonatorum. The
midwife was engaged as a midwife.
Of the infants born there were 20 BtillbirthB from the following
causes:—
Anencephalio 4
Breech presentation, prematurity 1
Cord around neck 1
Fall when 32 weeks pregnant 1
Gross enlargement of the liver 1
Hydrocephalus, spina bifida, meningocele 1
Malformation of head 1
Partial placenta praevia 1
Prematurity 2
Prematurity—both parents deaf and dumb 1
Prematurity, spina bifida, hydrocephalus 1
Prolonged labour 1
Unknown 4
In 8 of these cases the midwife was engaged as a maternity nurse.
There were 32 deaths of infants during the first year of life from the
following causes:—
Acute bronchitis; teething, aged 9 months.
Acute suppurative broncho-pneumonia, aged 5 weeks.
Acute suppurative broncho-pneumonia, aged 6 weeks.
Bilateral pyonephrosis; collapse of right lower lobe, aged 1 month.
Broncho-pneumonia, aged 2 months.
Bronch-pneumonia, aged 2 months.
Broncho-pneumonia, aged 10 months.
Cardiac failure; premature birth (one of twins), aged 3 hours.
Cardiac failure; prematurity, aged 6 hours.
Cardiac failure, premature twin birth, aged 1 day.
Complete congenital stenosis of oesophagus, aged 2 days.
Congenital heart disease; congenital absence of left femur, aged
16 hours.
Congenital morbus cordis; Mongolism, aged 5 days.
Erythroblastosis foetalis, aged 3 months.
Gastro-enteritis, aged 3 weeks.
Haemolytic jaundice, aged 30 minutes.
Heart failure; patent interventricular septum; oongenital heart
defect; complete scrotal hernia, aged 2 months.
Icterus gravis neonatorum, aged 8 days.
Inanition and diarrhoea; acute pyelonephritis, aged 2 months.
Inanition; prematurity, aged 5 hours.
Insufficient inherent vitality; prematurity, aged 1 day.
Marasmus, congenital heart disease, aged 7 months.
Myocardial degeneration, extreme prematurity, aged 2 days.
Pneumonia; marasmus; spastic diplegia, aged 5 months.
Prematurity, aged 11 hours.
Prematurity (8th month twin) aged 1 day.,
Prematurity (8th month twin), aged 1 day.
Prematurity; inanition (7th month twin), aged 1 day.
Prematurity, aged 2 days.
Protracted labour; disproportion, aged 2 days.
Respiratory failure; prematurity, aged 1 day.
Subarachnoid haemorrhage; icterus gravis neonatorum, aged
11 days.