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Number of cases delivered by (a) midwives, 231; (b)
doctors, 32.
Number of cases in which medical assistance was sought by
a midwife in emergency, 25
Number of cases notified as (a) puerperal fever, nil; (b)
puerperal pyrexia, 2.
Number of cases of pemphigus neonatorum, nil.
Number of infants not entirely breast-fed while in the
institution, 4.
Number of cases notified as ophthalmia neonatorum, nil.
Number of maternal deaths, nil.
Number of stillbirths, 6.
Number of infants' deaths within 10 days of birth, 2.
An ante-natal clinic is held every Monday and Friday at
the Home, and patients who have booked are expected to attend.
Infant Life Protection
The Superintendent Health Visitor has been appointed the
Infant Life Protection Visitor for this district.
Frequent visits during the year are paid to the homes of the
foster children.
A strict supervision is kept on these homes, and no cause was
found to remove any infant from the care of the foster mother
during the year.
The following are the number of foster mothers and children
on the register:-
Number of foster mothers on register, December
31, 1942 20
Number of children on register, December 31,
1942 18
Number of children who have died during the
year -
Number of children on whom inquests were
held -