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r—H • -5 | I § § g, Total. g £ § 1 I § £ | | ■ I sSI 3 f-i 3 gq > cS © (D o^ 4 g a. 5 >5 £ £ |* ft Total admissions .. .. ..705 377 171 193 271 171 626 2,514 Total deliveries .. .. .. 670 386 157 176 265 1155 599 2,378 Primipar® • • • ■ • • .. 195 103 40 40 52 j 29 186 645 Multiparas .. .. . . .. 475 253 117 136 213 126 413 1,733 Presentations — Vertex .. .. .. .. 650 332 150 148 242 147 541 2,210 92-93 Occipito-posterior, persistent .. .. 10 11 6 23 9 4 27 90 3-78 Face • • 2 j 1 1 5 0-21 Brow .. .. . ■ • • 3 . . .. 2 . . . . 2 • 7 0-29 Breech . . . . .. 10 13 3 3 10 8 21 68 2'86 Transverse . . . . . . ■ . 1 . . . • 3 1 .. 1 6 0-25 Twins .. .. .. • • 6 6 2 ; 4 3 4 5 30 1 -26 Complications of pregnancy — Hyperemesis .. . . . • • • 1 1 i' .. .. 1 1 4 0-17 Hydramnios. . .. .. •• 6 ' 1 13 7 .. 1 5 33 1-39 Pre-eclamptic toxa?.mia . . 27 3 1 ; 2 1 2 10 46 1-93 Eclampsia .. . . ■ • • • 1 2 1 ; 1 .. 5 10 0-42 Nephritic toxaemia . . . . ' 10 1 1 1 8 3 .. 24 1-01 Haemorrhages — Unavoidable • • • • • • • • 2 11 1 3 1 2 10 j 0-42 Accidental, external .. .. .. 4 .. 1 2 i 1 1 2 10 0-42 Accidental, internal . . .. j .. .. . . 1 .. 1 0-04 Post-partum, atonic .. . . . . 12 4 : 8 i 1 2 3 6 36 1*51 Post-partum, traumatic . . . . 2 .. . . .. .. . . 1 3 0-13 Post-partum, internal traumatic ! 1 1 2 0-08 Lacerations of genital tract — Perineeum .. .. .. 112 46 | 39 8 9 19 124 357 15-00 Cervix .. .. •• 2 1 3 0-13 Uterus .. . . • • 1 • • • • 1 0-04 Contracted pelvis, inlet .. 34 3 2 1 1 1 42 1-77 Contracted pelvis, outlet . . . . 6 1 1 1 9 0-38 Prolapse of cord .. .. .. 4 1 2 7 0-29 Complications of puerperium— Sepsis, local .. . . ■ ■ 3 1 2 4 4 1 15 0-63 Sepsis, general .. . . 1 .. 2 1 1 5 0-21 Pulmona.ry embolism. . . . 1 .. .. 1 0-04 Insanity .. .. • • 1 1 0-04 Crural phlegmasia, venous . . . . .. 1 1 2 0-08 Crural phlegmasia, lymphatic .. 1 . . . . 1 0-04 Mastitis 10 3 2 1 1 17 0-71 Operations — Internal pelvimetry .. . . .. .. 4 .. .. 1 .. .. 5 0-21 Induction of labour . . . . . . 6 5 4 1 2 49 67 2-82 Forceps .. .. .. .. 35 11 6 5 1 3 24 85 3-57 Version .. .. .. ..2164 5 1 4 23 0-97 Manual removal of placenta .. .. 4 1 2 3 4 1 15 0-63 Cesarean section — Abdominal, conservative .. .. 6 3 1 .. .. 1 1 12 0-50 Abdominal, radical .. .. 1 1 2 0-08 Pubiotomy .. .. • ■ ■ • • • I 1 0-04 Craniotomy .. . . . . . . 3 3 0-13 Cleidotomy .. . . . • • • 1 1 0-04 Decapitation . . . . • • 1 1 0-04 Morbidity—Total .. .. 17 8 4 5 9 6 25 74 3-11 Mortality—Total . . . . . . .. 1 1 .. 2 . . 1 5* 0-21 Infant statistics — Total births.. .. .. .. 676 356 144 180 263 159 603 2,381 Premature — Alive .. .. .. 11 8 14 1 6 6 18 64 2-69 Dead .. .. .. 3 4 .... I 2 8 18 0-76 Full term — Alive .. .. .. .. 650 337 126 174 258 148 558 2,251 94-54 Dead .. .. .. 4 7 4 5 5 3 19 47 1-97 Children born alive who died in hospital 7 6 2 5 5 1 5 31 1-30 Total born dead or died in hospital .. 22 17 6 10 11 6 24 96 4-03 *In this figure are included all deaths which occurred either in the hospital wards or among patients confined in the hospital and transferred later to another institution.