Annual report : 1929 / Society of the Lying-in Hospital of the City of New York.
- Society for the Lying-In Hospital
- Date:
- 1929
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Annual report : 1929 / Society of the Lying-in Hospital of the City of New York. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Abnormalities 9 Internal Podalic Versions and Extractions 7 Manual Extractions of Placenta 11 Breech Extractions 10 Still Births 3 Episiotomies 19 Forceps 6 Prematures 7 Second Degree Lacerations Premature Twins, Both Died After Several Hours 14 Dilatation and Curettage 2 Frank Breeches 89 Total Representative Cases Case No. 1. C. M., 78 Catherine St., New York City. Patient has four children including the new baby. Husband was com¬ mitted to a mental institution during the early months of the patient’s last pregnancy; and since then family has been cared for by the city. Lying-In Hospital gave clothes for baby. Nursing care given for eight days and cleaner sent in. Case No. 2. E. S., 418 West 17th St., New York City. Patient was referred to Out-Patient Department by the Nursery and Child’s Hospital. Family has been cared for by the Catholic Charities for the last two years. During that time patient had several operations for varicose veins. Husband has been unable to work for eight months due to injuries received to arm and body from burns. Patient said his clothing caught fire from a lighted cigarette, but seemed reluctant to discuss it further. He was treated at Bellevue Hospital for eight weeks and is now able to take light work. St. Vincent De Paul Society supplies family with food and provides the six children with clothing. Bellevue Social Service gave baby clothes. Nursing care given for seven days. Case No. 3. A. I., 625 West 42nd St., New York City. Family of seven children living in three very poorly kept rooms. The house is very old and there is no gas or electric light, so they are using oil lamps. Patient’s husband is past sixty and a heavy drinker; unem¬ ployed most of the time. Both parents are very shiftless and take little interest in their children or home. The oldest, a boy eighteen years of age, seems to be the only one contributing toward the up-keep of the home. He is a printer making twenty dollars a week. Hudson Guild is looking after the welfare of the children. Cleaner sent in for eight days and nursing care given. [65]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31710943_0071.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
