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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
Croydon 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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FOSTER CHILDREN
| No. as at Dec. 31st 1941 | Notice of Reception of Children during the year | Notice of removal to— | Children Adopted | Died | Children reaching age of 9 | No. as at Dec. 31st 1942 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parent | Another area with Foster Parent | Another Foster Mother | Public Institution | ||||||
| 137 | 162 | 103 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 142 |
The number of foster-children showed an increase of 5
during the year.
FOSTER MOTHERS.
| No. as at December 31st 1941 | Applications for Authorisation during the year. | Removals during the year | Authorisation cancelled for other reasons | No. as at December 31st 1942 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| With Child | Without child | ||||
| 125 | 73 | 3 | 5 | 39 | 151 |
The number of foster-mothers increased by 26 during the
year.
The Health Visitors paid 1,223 visits to foster-mothers for
the purpose of supervision.
THE OBSTETRIC SERVICE.
The Obstetric Service has been described in my Report for
1938. The following are the statistics for 1942.
Taking the Registrar-General's figures for maternal mortality
(deaths directly due to pregnancy, but excluding abortion) the
rate for England and Wales for 1942 was 2.01 per 1,000 births.
In Croydon the rate was 3.35. In "booked" cases treated by the
Obstetric Service the rate for 1942 was 1.32 per l,000 Hospital
deliveries; 1.73 per 1,000 home deliveries, and 1.47 per 1,000
over all deliveries.
Of the cases treated to a conclusion at the Post-Natal Clinic
during 1942, 80.8 per cent. were classified at "Health Unimpaired."
This signifies that anatomically and functionally their
condition was the same as before their pregnancies. The corresponding
figure for 1941 was 92.7.
The number of cases delivered of viable babies in Mayday
Hospital, with a nominal 48 beds, was 999. The number
delivered at St. Mary's Maternity Hospital, with 30 beds, was
561.