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The number of cases delivered of viable babies in Mayday
Hospital, with a nominal 68 beds, was 1,138. The number
delivered at St. Mary's Maternity Hospital, with 30 beds, was
617. The number of cases delivered by the Domiciliary Branch
of the Service (Municipal Midwives) was 1,072. Including 23
cases admitted after delivery, the total number of deliveries dealt
with by the Obstetric Service was 2,850. The total number of
infants born was 2,878.
In April, 1943 Monteagle Nursing Home was equipped and
opened as an annexe to Mayday and St. Mary's Hospitals,
providing 20 additional lying-in beds and 2 nurseries. These
beds are included in the Mayday Hospital beds named above.
Over 650 mothers and babies were transferred from Mayday
Hospital, and over 50 mothers and babies from St. Mary's
Hospital in 1943 to finish their nursing after about the 7th day.
This has made possible the considerable increase in the number
of deliveries in Mayday Hospital, and, to a lesser extent, in St.
Mary's Hospital, in 1943, as compared with previous years.
General Statistics, 1943.
No. of live births allocated to the Borough of Croydon 3,676
still ,, ,, ,, „ 109
No. of maternal deaths (directly due to pregnancy) 2
No. of cases of notified Puerperal Pyrexia 73
No. of expectant mothers who attended the Borough Ante-
Natal Clinics 4,101
No. of cases delivered in Mayday Hospital as Booked
cases (exclusive of abortions) 1.120
No. of cases delivered in Mayday Hospital as Emergency
cases (exclusive of abortions) 41
Total cases delivered in Mayday Hospital 1,161
No. of cases delivered in St. Mary's Maternity Hospital
as Booked cases 617
No. of cases delivered in St. Mary's Maternity Hospital
as Emergency cases
Total cases delivered in St. Mary's Maternity Hospital 617
No. of cases delivered by Municipal midwives 1,072
Total 2,850