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In the case of the 254 gravid women, the following
were the periods of gestation:—
1 was in the 1st month
16 were in the 2nd „
22 „ „ „ 3rd ,,
28 „ ,, ,, 4th ,,
33 ,, ,, ,,5th ,,
54 „ „ „ 6th ,,
51 „ „ „ 7th
43 „ „ „ 8th „
6 ,, ,, ,,, 9th ,,
An analysis of these cases shows:—
Full-term confinements 169
Premature births 6
Miscarriages (5); Stillbirths (5) 10
Maternal death (heart failure) 1
Not yet confined 56
Left Borough (results unknown) 12
The known confinements took place:—
112 at home, and
57 in institutions.
The results of the 62 cases brought forward from
1934 were as follows:—
Full-time confinements 58
Miscarriage 1
Left district (result unknown) 3
Dr. R. C. Townshend reports on the work of the
Maternity Clinic, as follows:—
Report to the Medical Officer of Health on the Cornwall Road
Ante-Natal Clinic for the year 1936.
There has been a slight decrease in the number of attendances
of expectant mothers, which in my opinion is due
to the increasing number of mothers who are confined in
hospitals or institutions and consequently attend the corresponding
ante-natal clinic. I am glad to report an increase
in the number of mothers recently confined.
I regret to report there was one maternal death due to
heart failure. The patient attended the clinic on one
occasion only at the tenth week of pregnancy and then booked