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Croydon 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| No. of cases admitted to the Puerperal Infection Unit, Borough Hospital, including 5 from Mayday Hospital and 2 from St. Mary's Nursing Hospital | 15 |
| No. of Maternal deaths in Booked cases from Borough Ante-Natal Clinics | 1 |
| No. of Maternal deaths in Emergency cases at Mayday Hospital (including 4 abortion deaths) | 5 |
| No. of Maternal deaths in cases admitted as Puerperal Sepsis per se | 0 |
| Total Maternal deaths in beds of the Obstetric Service | 6 |
The total number of patients treated by the Obstetric Service was:—
| (a) In Mayday Hospital | 1,665 |
| (b) In St. Mary's Maternity Hospital | 797 |
| (c) In the Borough Hospital Puerperal Infection Unit | 15 |
| (d) At the Ante-Natal Clinics and delivered outside the above Hospitals (including Municipal Midwives' cases) | 1,827 |
| (e) At the Post-Natal Clinics, excluding those included in (a), (b), (c) and (d) | 37 |
| (f) At the Ante-Natal Clinics and undelivered on December 31st, 1947 | 936 |
| (g) At Gynaecological Clinic— | 592 |
| (ii) Obstetric Service cases—seen as new cases | 559 |
| 6,428 |
Incidence of Abortion.
| 1946. | 1947. | |
| Incomplete abortions | 171 | 168 |
| Threatened abortion with final evacuation | 24 | 26 |
| Inevitable abortion | 27 | 12 |
| Complete abortion | 32 | 16 |
| Missed abortion | — | 3 |
| Threatened abortion discharged undelivered | 44 | 35 |
| Total | 298 | 260 |
ANTE-NATAL SUPERVISION.
| 1946 | 1947 | |
| No. of Sessions at Ante-Natal Clinics held | 603 | 611 |
| No. of individuals who attended | 4,484 | 3,735 |
| No. of previous year's cases continuing attendance | 1,177 | 866 |
| No. of new cases | 3,238 | 2,722 |
| No. of cases undelivered on 31st December | 866 | 936 |
| Total attendances made | 21,615 | 20,916 |
| Average attendances per session | 36 | 34 |
| No. of cases delivered in hospital as Booked cases | 1,941 | 1,780 |
| No. of cases delivered by Municipal Midwives. | 1.610 | 1,816 |