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THE OBSTETRIC SERVICE
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The Obstetric Service has been described in my report for 1938. The
following are the statistics for 1940.
Since August, 1939 there has been a whole time resident for the
Obstetric and Gynaecological Departments in Mayday Hospital. Thore is
also a whole time resident in St. Mary's Hospital.
Taking the Registrar General's figures for maternal mortality
(deaths directly due to pregnancy but excluding abortion) the rate for
England and Wales for 1940 is 2.16 per 1,000 births. In Croydon the rate
was 0.99. In Booked cases treated by the Obstetric Service tho rate for
1940 was 0.78 per 1,000 Hospital deliveries; nil per 1,000 home deliveries
and 0.45 per 1,000 over all deliveries.
Of the cases treated to a conclusion at the Post Natal Clinic during
1940, 94.7 per cent were classified as "Health Unimpaired". This signifies
that anatomically and functionally their condition was the same as before
their pregnancies. The corresponding figure for 1939 was 97.4.
The number of cases delivered of viable babies in Mayday Hospital
with a nominal 48 beds, was 816. The number delivered at St. Mary's
Maternity Hospital, with 30 beds, was 489.
GENERAL STATISTICS, 1940
No. of live births allocated to the Borough of Croydon 2949
" " still " " " " " " " 82
No. of maternal deaths (directly due to pregnancy) 3(exclusive
of abor-
No. of cases notified as Puerperal Pyrexia 44 tion)
No.of Expectant Mothers who attended the Borough
Ante Natal Clinics 3257
No. of cases delivered in Mayday Hospital as
Booked cases 781
No. of cases delivered in Mayday Hospital as
emergency casos 176
Total cases delivered in Mayday Hosp: 957
No. of cases delivered in St. Mary's Maternity
Hospital as booked cases 489
No. of cases delivered in St. Mary's Maternity
Hospital as Emergency casos -
Total cases delivered in St. Mary's Maternity
Hospital 489
No. of casos delivered by Municipal Midwives 939
TOTAL 2385
No. of cases admitted to the Puerperal Infection
Unit, Borough Hospital and Mayday Hospital
Isolation Wards, including 26 from Mayday Hosp.
and 2 from St. Mary's Maternity Hospital. 35
No. of Maternal deaths in Booked cases from Borough
Ante Natal Clinics
No. »f Maternal deaths in Emergency cases at
Mayday Hospital 1 (exclusive
of abortion)
No. of maternal deaths in cases admitted as
Puerperal Sepsis per se
Total Maternal deaths in beds of the Obstetric
Service. 2 (exclusive
of abortion)
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