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2. Number of maternity beds in the Institution (exclusive of
isolation and labour beds)—35.
3. Number of maternity cases admitted during the year—747
(including 94 Ante-Natal cases and 4 Post-Natal cases).
4. Average duration of stay—13.5 days.
5. Number of cases delivered by :—
(a) Midwives—564.
(b) Doctors—82.
6. Number of cases in which medical assistance was sought
by a midwife in emergency—329.*
7. Number of cases notified as :—
(•a) Puerperal fever—Nil.
(b) Puerperal pyrexia—26.
8. Number of cases of pemphigus neonatorum—Nil.
9. Number of infants not entirely breast-fed while in the
Institution—45.
10. (a) Number of cases notified as ophthalmia neonatorum—
Nil.
11. (a) Number of maternal deaths—2.
(b) Cause of death in each case—-(i) Eclampsia; (ii) Shock,
Caesarean Section and myomectomy.
12. (a) Number of infant deaths—(i) Stillborn—22; (ii) Within
10 days of birth—9.
(b) Cause of death in each case, and results of post-mortem
examination (if obtainable)—See Clinical Report.
The stillbirth rate was 34.9 per 1,000 live births, and the
infant mortality within 10 days of birth was 15.8 per 1,000
live births.
(e) Occupation of Beds.— The average daily occupation of
beds was as follows :—
January 23.1 May 30.0 September 30.0
February 25.6 June 28.8 October 31.5
March 23.6 July 30.2 November 27.6
April 23.7 August 29.0 December 29.2
The average for the whole year was 27.7, equal to 71.0
per cent, beds occupied (calculated on 39 beds).
*Maternity Home, 294 (including one after discharge) ; District, 9. For
general anaesthetics by 2nd Doctor, 26. Total 329.
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