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Croydon 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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The number of cases delivered of viable babies in Mayday
Hospital, with a nominal 68 beds, was 1,280. The number
delivered at St. Mary's Maternity Hospital, with 30 beds, was
704. The number of cases delivered by the Domiciliary Branch
of the Service (Municipal Midwives) was 1,816. Including 51
cases admitted after delivery, the total number of deliveries dealt
with by the Obstetric Service was 3,851. The total number of
infants born was 3,925.
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.
822 mothers and babies were transferred from Mayday Hospital,
and 125 mothers and babies from St. Mary's Hospital in 1947 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 1947, as compared with previous years.
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