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Totals of cases treated by Doctors on "Records of sending
for Medical Aid ":—
Pregnancy—
Abortion or Threatened 20
Ante Partum Haemorrhage 24
Rash 1
Dangerous Veins 1
Albuminuria 2
Excessive Sickness 3
Labour—
Fits 1
Purulent Discharge or Sores
on Genitals 2
Mal-presentation 28
Presentation not made out 2
Excessive Haemorrhage 19
Retained Placenta & Membranes
46
Prolonged labour 111
Ruptured Perineum 182
Unsatisfactory Condition 35
Lying-in—
Fits 0
Unsatisfactory Condition 51
Temperature raised 43
Breasts swollen 5
Secondary P.P. Haemorrhage
3
Child—
Injury at Birth 0
Deformity 19
Dangerous Feebleness 02
Inflammation of Eyes 34
Skin Eruptions 6
Haemorrhage of Navel 3
Unsatisfactory Condition 78
Prematurity 40
Asphyxia 10
Visits paid by Health Visitors during the year 1923:—
To Expectant Mothers: First Visits, 2,020; Total Visits, 2,474
To Infants under 1 year: First Visits, 4,649; Total Visits, 19,151
To Children 1—5 years: Total Visits. 38,723.
Maternity Homes subsidized by Council:—
Number of Patients:
Queen Mary's Hospital for East End 302
Plaistow Maternity Charity 354
Number of Weeks spent in such Homes by Patients:
Queen Mary's Hospital 515
Plaistow Maternity Charity 708
Hospitals for Children under 5 years in Borough subsidized
by Council:—
St. Mary's Hospital—Number of Patients 321
Number of Weeks spent in Hospital 1058
Settlement Hospital—Number of Patients 68
Number of Weeks spent in Hospital 467