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leg, (6) flushed breast, (7) collapse after labour,
(8) pain in chest, (9) varicose vein, (10)
post-partum hæmorrhage after 3rd stage, (11)
pleurisy, (12) influenza.
(d) For infant 13
(1) asphyxia neonatorum, (2) dangerous
feebleness, (3) septic gland in groin, (4) icterus,
(5) prematurity, (6) illness of baby, (7) convulsions,
(8) illness of baby, (9) ophthalmia,
(10) ophthalmia, (12) ophthalmia, (13) ophthalmia.
Number of cases notified as puerperal sepsis, with result
of treatment in each case 3
(1) abscess of vagina
(2) white leg
(3) pleurisy
Transferred to Fever
Hospitals, subsequently
discharged cured.
Number of cases in which temperature rose above
100.4 with rise of pulse 8
Number of cases notified as ophthalmia neonatorum,
with result of treatment in each case 5
(1) cured before leaving the Hospital, (2)
attended St. Thomas's Hospital, subsequently
discharged cured, (3)attended St. Thomas's
Hospital, subsequently discharged cured,
(4) cured before leaving the Hospital, (5)
cured before leaving the Hospital.
Number of foetal deaths (stillborn or within 10 days of
births) and their causes, and the results of the postmortem
examination, if obtainable 11
(1) fœtal distress in 1st stage of labour, (2)
accidental ante-partum hæmorrhage, (3) prematurity,
(4) macerated fœtus, (5) prolapse
of cord, (6) prematurity, (7) asphyxia neonatorum,
(8) icterus—post-mortem nothing
definite found, (9) prematurity, (10) convulsions,
(11) convulsions.
Number of infants with discharge from the eyes however
slight 15
Number of patients visited by consultant at the Hospital 4
(1) transverse presentation, (2) contracted
pelvis—Caesarean section performed, (3)
albuminuria, (4) contracted pelvis.
Number of infants not entirely breast fed none
Number of maternal deaths none
By the courtesy of the Borough Treasurer, I have been favoured
with the following statement of the expenditure upon the Borough
Maternity Home during the financial year ended 31st March
1923