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335. During the year the following numbers of cases were treated :—
Table LXVIII.
Attendances at antenatal clinics : New cases 966 Return visits 1,019 Total 1,985 Admissions to Tsan Yuk Hospital: Booked. Emergency. Total. Delivered in hospital : (a) Discharged 222 2,918 3,140 (b) Transferred 1 5 6 Born before arrival 9 9 Discharged undelivered 13 143 156 Died, (a) after delivery 15 15 (b) undelivered 2 2 Totals 236 3,092 3,328336. Booked and emergency cases. Only number 236, or slightly less than 8% It is also noteworthy that there were no whereas seventeen deaths occurred among
It will be noticed that the booked cases of the total number of cases admitted. maternal deaths among the booked cases, the emergency cases.
Of the 236 booked cases, 85 were primigravidae and 151 were multigravidae.
Of the 3,092 emergency cases, 983 were primigravidae and 2,109 were multigravidae.
337. Antenatal clinics. During the year an effort has been made to increase the attendances at the antenatal clinics. The number of clinics has been increased from two to four per week, and the total number of attendances has risen from 1,064 last year to 1,985 in the present year. A special leaflet indicating the advantages of antenatal care is distributed to every patient attending the clinic for the first time.
338. Deliveries in hospital. In the Tsan Yuk Hospital, during the year under review, 3,161 mothers were delivered of 3,191 infants. These figures include thirty cases of twin delivery, and constitute a record number since the hospital was founded. The various presentations are classified as follows:-