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Patients sent to Dental Surgeon:—
(a) Adults 33
(b) Children 72
Infantile Mortality of Infants under 1 year attending Clinic, 24 per 1,000.
Number of expectant Mothers attending Ante-Natal Clinic 195
Total Attendances at Ante-Natal Clinics 812
Ante-Natal Clinic
From the foregoing it will be seen that 195 expectant
mothers attended this Clinic, making in all, 812 attendances.
Systematic examinations are carried out in all cases and
where irregularities or abnormalities exist, advice or treatment
is given, while certain cases are sent to the Maternity
Hospital for treatment or where dental caries exist, referred
to the Dental Surgeon.
The principal conditions having a direct bearing on
pregnancy and child-birth, which were dealt with are as
under:—
All these mothers are
kept under close supervision
and in cases of
doubt are seen in consultation
with Dr. Bell,
the Consulting Obstetrician
at the Maternity
25 Hospital. In one case
premature labour was induced
and in another the
operation of Caesarian section
was performed. In
both cases mother and
infant did satisfactorily.
Pelvic measurements below
normal
V
Malpresentations
7
One Transverse and four
breech presentations
were corrected by external
version.
Two breech presentations
were seen too late
for this manipulation to
be undertaken, and one
of the infants was stillborn.