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Number of maternity beds in the institution (exclusive of
isolation and labour beds), 15.
Number of maternity cases admitted during the year, 313.
Average duration of stay, 12'7 days.
Number of cases delivered by (a) midwives, 282; (b)
doctors, 30.
Number of cases in which medical assistance was sought by
a midwife in emergency, 92.
Number of cases notified as (a) puerperal fever, nil; (b)
puerperal pyrexia, 1.
Number of cases of pemphigus neonatorum, nil.
Number of infants not entirely breast-fed whilst in the
institution, 32.
Number of cases notified as ophthalmia neonatorum, nil.
Number of maternal deaths, nil.
Number of stillbirths, 4.
Number of infants' deaths within ten days of birth, 4.
An ante-natal clinic is held every Monday, Wednesday and
Friday at Cavendish Road Clinic, 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;—