Table 2.

Clinical diagnosis or reason for admission to special care in babies delivered in water

Outcome	Clinical problem*				Total No of babies
	Lower respiratory tract	Infection	Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (grade 2 or 3)	Other
Perinatal death		1		4	5
Admission:
Respiratory support required	8	2	4	3	13†
Respiratory support not required	7		1	12	19‡
Total	15	3	5	19	37

^*Based on principal diagnosis or reason for admission. 

^†Four babies were counted twice. Of 3 babies with lower respiratory tract problems, 1 also had group D streptococci infection, detected from a maternal high vaginal swab; 1 also had group B streptococci infection, detected from surface swabs; and a third (freshwater drowning) also had hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy grade 2. One baby admitted with hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy grade 3 also had transposition of the great arteries. 

^‡One baby was counted twice. The baby admitted with hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy grade 2 also had a snapped cord.