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Mitcham 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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The following table shows the number of births which has occurred in each year since the opening of the Home:-
| No of Births | |
|---|---|
| 1924 (August to December) | 42 |
| 1925 | 129 |
| 1926 | 240 |
| 1927 (10 months) | 177 |
| 1928 | 265 |
| 1929 | 298 |
| 1930 | 318 |
| 1931 | 259 |
| 1932 | 239 |
| 1933 | 285 |
| 1934 | 285 |
| 1935 | 299 |
| 1936 | 314 |
| 1937 | 309 |
Number of maternity beds in the institution (exclusive of
isolation and labour beds), 15.
Number of maternity cases admitted during the year, 309.
Average duration of stay, 14 days.
Number of cases delivered by (a) midwives, 272 (including
two twin labours); (b) doctors, 39.
Number of cases in which medical assistance was sought by
a midwife in emergency, 49.
Number of cases notified as (a) puerperal fever, nil; (b)
puerperal pyrexia, nil.
Number of cases of pemphigus neonatorum, nil.
Number of infants not entirely breast-fed while in the
institution, 2.
Number of cases notified as ophthalmia neonatorum, nil.
Number of maternal deaths, nil.
Number of infants' deaths—(i) stillborn, 3; (ii) within 10
days of birth, 2.
An ante-natal clinic is held every Friday afternoon at the
Cavendish Road Welfare Centre, adjoining the Home, and
patients who have booked for the Home are expected to attend.
For number attending, see under Ante-Natal Clinics.
An extension is being made to the Home in order to provide
accommodation for three ante-natal beds.