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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
Beckenham 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]
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ANNUAL STATISTICS RELATING TO MATERNITY HOSPITALS AND HOMES FOR THE YEAR 1922.
Name of Institution: Joint Maternity Home. Address: 80, Croydon Road, Beckenham.
| Information Required. | Particulars. |
|---|---|
| 1. Total number of cases admitted | 183 (Births 181, Miscarriage 1, (non-viable). One baby born in 1923. Mother admitted in 1922. |
| 2. Average duration of stay | days. |
| 3. Number of cases delivered by (a) Midwives; (b) Doctors) | (a) 128; (b) 54. |
| 4. Number of cases in which medical assistance was sought by the midwife, with reasons for requiring assistance. (a) Ante-natal (b) During Labour. (c) After Labour. (d) For Infant. | Total 22. (a) 5:— 2 Small pelves. 1 Hydramnios. 1 Albuminuria and oedema. 1 Endocarditis. (b) 11:— 7 Forceps. 2 Extended breech. 2 Transverse presentation. (c) 4:- 2 Lacerated perineum. 1 Post part-hæmorrhage. 1 Pyrexia. (d) 2:- 1 Congenital heart. 1 Prematurity-cyanosis. |
| 5. Number of cases notified as puerperal sepsis, with result of treatment in each case | 1 (a case of slight saprsemia). |
| 6. Number of cases in which temperature rose above 100.4 for 24 hours, with rise of pulse rate | 5 — 1. Abscess of breast. 1 Suffering from tonsilitis on admission. 1 Saprsemia. 1 Antenatal endocarditis. 1 Cause unknown. |