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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Fulham 1922
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1922
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The total attendances made by the above children were :—
| Under three years— | |
| Whole day | 6,793 |
| Half day | 292 |
| Whole day | 782 |
| Half day | 5 |
| Total- | |
| Whole day | 7,575 |
| Half day | 297 |
The Borough Maternity Home, 706, Fulham Road.—
This Institution is entirely under the control of the
Borough Council, the medical work of the home being
in the hands of Dr. Ruby Thomson, Assistant Medical
Officer of Health.
The following is a record of the cases admitted to the home during 1922 :—
| Cases admitted | 169 | |
| Average duration of stay (days) | 14 | |
| No. of cases delivered by— | ||
| 164 | ||
| 5 | ||
| No. of cases notified as puerperal sepsis | 2 | |
| No. of cases in which the temperature was above 100·4 for 24 hours | 4 | |
| No. of cases notified as ophthalmia neonatorum | nil | |
| No. of cases of " inflammation of eyes " however slight | 3 | |
| No; of infants not entirely breast-fed while in the Institution | nil | |
| No. of maternal deaths | 1 | |
| No. of foetal deaths (stillborn or within ten days of birth) | 3 | |
| No. of cases in which medical advice was sought by the midwife— | ||
| During labour | 7 | |
| After labour | 6 | |
| For the infant | 6 | |
I should like to record my appreciation of the way in
which the Matron and the staff of the Maternity Home
have carried out their duties during the year. The work