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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
East Ham 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Number of cases in which medical aid was summoned during the year under Section 14 (i) of the Midwives Act, 1918, by a midwife:—
| (a) For domiciliary cases | 250 | |
| (b) For cases in institutions | 102 | |
| Total | 352 | |
Maternity Hospital Accommodation.
The following statistical information in respect of the year ended 31/12/47 is given:—
East Ham Memorial Hospital.
| Number of maternity cases admitted | 512* | |
| Average duration of stay of cases in lying-in wards | 12 days | |
| Number of cases delivered by:— | ||
| (a) Midwives 358 | 443 | |
| Number of cases in which medical assistance was sought by midwife in an emergency | 73 | |
| Number of cases admitted after delivery | 7 | |
| Number of cases notified as Puerperal Pyrexia | — | |
| Number of cases of Pemphigus Neonatorum | — | |
| Number of infants who received a supplementary or complementary feed while in the institution (excluding those given during the first 3 or 4 days whilst breast feeding is being established) | 52 | |
| Number of infants wholly breastfed on leaving the institution | 396 | |
| Number of cases notified as Ophthalmia Neonatorum | _ | |
| Number of Maternal Deaths | 1 | |
| Number of Stillbirths | 26 | |
| Number of infant deaths within ten days of birth | 4 | |
* These include cases admitted on more than one occasion and patients from
outside the area.