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Ante-natal Admissions.
Indications for Admission No. of cases,
Ante-partum haemorrhage 8
Pre-eclamptic toxaemia 19
For rest on account of cardiac disease 6
Hyperpiesis 6
Hyperemesis 2
Pyelitis 5
Thrombophlebitis 3
Breech for version 15
For observation and rest 22
For observation, and discharged because
not in labour 80
Total 166
Emergency Admissions.
Reason for Admission No. of cases.
Ante-partum haemorrhage 5
Pre-eclamptic toxaemia 3
Breech for version 3
Complications of labour and premature
labour 5
Death of foetus 2
Post-partum haemorrhage 1
Unsatisfactory medical condition of
patient 2
Total 21
Confinements.
Of the 891 confinements, 556, that is 62.4 per cent,
were first confinements.
Operations performed. No. of cases.
Surgical induction of labour 10
Version 15
Forceps delivery 63
Manual removal of placenta 19
Caesarean Section 7
Total H4
Medical Aid requests from the Hospital Midwives for the
services of the Resident Obstetrician or her deputy, numbered
329, or 36.8 per cent. for patients in labour, and 10, or 1.2
per cent. for the infants.
Cases of Puerperal Pyrexia.
No. of cases notified 33.
Percentage of cases relative to the
number of deliveries 3.7
Cause of Pyrexia. No. of cases. Percentage of cases.
Localised uterine infection 11 30.0
Urinary infection 5 15.1
Flushed breast 7 24.2
Breast abscess 5 15.1
Paratyphoid 1 3.0
Undiagnosed 4 12.0
Total 33
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