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Camberwell 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]
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In these wards t ho women of the Borough are able to have their
babies under ideal conditions; they also receive beforehand the
advantages of systematic medical supervision, and before discharge
to their own homes they are medically examined for the purpose of
discovering any after effects of confinement requiring treatment.
The number of application forms received and considered by
the appropriate Committee for admission to the Wards was 372.
Patients who accepted the Committee's terms for a bed and were
confined during the year numbered
The distribution of these patients in groups showing the reasons
why admission to the Wards was sought appears in the following
summary:—
A monthly summary of the bodies received during 1932 is set out in the following table.
| Month. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Deposited to await Burial Only. | Inquests. | P.M's. | Court Sittings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12 | 20 | 32 | Nil | 32 | 18 | 10 |
| February | 20 | 10 | 30 | Nil | 30 | 23 | 11 |
| March | 16 | 14 | 30 | Nil | 30 | 16 | 12 |
| April | 13 | 11 | 24 | Nil | 24 | 12 | 7 |
| May | 7 | 16 | 23 | Nil | 23 | 9 | 9 |
| June | 17 | 12 | 29 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 13 |
| July | 17 | 19 | 36 | 6 | 30 | 16 | 12 |
| August | 14 | 7 | 21 | Nil | 21 | 11 | 7 |
| September | 22 | 11 | 33 | Nil | 33 | 15 | 10 |
| October | 12 | 13 | 25 | Nil | 25 | 17 | 10 |
| November | 13 | 15 | 28 | Nil | 28 | 11 | 12 |
| December | 26 | 21 | 47 | Nil | 47 | 26 | 16 |
| Totals | 189 | 169 | 358 | 9 | 349 | 189 | 129 |
This Council pays the London County Council under the terms
of the agreement the sum of nine shillings per day for each occupied
bed, and as a matter of general interest particulars of the patients'
contribution towards the cost of the treatment provided is given
in the following analysis:—
Charge per week ranging from
No. of patients booked.
£1 0s. 0d. to £1 11s. 6d.
116
£1 12s. 0d. to £2 2s. 0d.
111
£2 2s. 6d. to £2 12s. 6d.
49
£2 13s. 0d. to £3 3s. 0d.
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I am indebted to the Medical (Superintendent for the following
review of the Municipal Scheme covering the period of this report:-
Number of patients delivered
303
Number of infants born including 5 sets of twins
308
Number of infants born before admission
2
Number of maternal deaths
Nil
No. of deaths of infants
1
No. of still-births
5
Number of Ante-Natal Attendances
2,684
Number of abnormalities requiring treatment:
Albuminuria—
(a) Admitted to Medical Ward
5
8
(b) Dieted and treated at A.N.C.
3
Vaginal Discharge
(a) Treated at King's College Hospital
1
2
(b) „ „ A.N.C. (Medicated pessaries)
1
High Blood Pressure. Admitted to Medical Ward
1
Attending T.B. Clinic
1
Pyelitis. Admitted to Medical Ward
1