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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
Mitcham 1943
[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: —
| Number 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 |
| 1938 | 297 |
| 1939 | 254 |
| 1940 | 239 |
| 1941 | 215 |
| 1942 | 263 |
| 1943 | 224 |
Number of maternity beds in the institution (exclusive of
isolation and labour beds), 15.
Number of maternity eases admitted during the year, 224.
Average duration of stay, 14 days.
Number of cases delivered by (a) midwives, 201; (b)
doctors, 23.
Number of cases in which medical assistance was sought by
a midwife in emergency, 37.
Number of eases notified as (a) puerperal fever, nil; (b)
puerperal pyrexia, nil.
Number of cases of pemphigus neonatorum, 8.
Number of infants not entirely breast-fed while in the
institution, 9.