Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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Maternity Home. Particulars of cases admitted during the five years 1921-25.
| 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases admitted | 35 | 129 | 200 | 176 | 254 |
| Average stay | 2 weeks | 2 weeks | 2 weeks | 2 weeks | 2 weeks |
| Cases delivered : | |||||
| By Midwives | 34 | 120 | 188 | 168 | 243 |
| By Doctor Hill | 1 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 11 |
| Cases in which medical advice was sought (especially Dr. Hill) | Nil | 11 | 23 | Nil | 25 |
| (a) Ante-Natal | |||||
| (l) Ante-partum Hæmorrhage | Nil | 1 | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| (2) Threatened abortion, Albuminuria and Influenza | Nil | Nil | Nil | 4 | Nil |
| (3) Excessive vomiting | Nil | Nil | 1 | Nil | Nil |
| (b) During labour | |||||
| (1) Prolonged labour | Nil | 8 | 12 | Nil | 15 |
| (2) Uterine inertia | 1 | 1 | 4 | Nil | 2 |
| (c) After labour. | |||||
| (1) Post-partum Hæmorrhage | Nil | 1 | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| (2) Adherent placenta | Nil | Nil | 1 | Nil | Nil |
| (3) Puerperal insanity | Nil | Nil | 1 | Nil | Nil |
| (4) Pneumonia | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | 2 |
| (d) For Infant. | |||||
| (l) Malformation | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| (2) Asphyxia | Nil | 1 | 1 | Nil | 8 |
| (3) Feebleness | Nil | Nil | 3 | 4 | Nil |
| Cases notified as puerperal sepsis | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| Temperature rose above 100·4 for 24 hours with rise in pulse | 1 Influenza | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Notified as Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 (Recovered fully) | Nil | Nil | Nil | 1 |
| Inflammation (eyes) | 1 | Nil | Nil | 1 | Nil |
| Not entirely breast fed | 1 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| (1) Insufficient breast milk | Nil | 2 | 1 | 1 | Nil |
| (2) Phthisis | Nil | Nil | 1 | Nil | Nil |
| Maternal deaths | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| Fœtal Deaths. | |||||
| (a) Still born | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| (b) Premature | Nil | 1 | 4 | 2 | Nil |
| (c) Congenital defect | Nil | 1 | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| (d) Fœtal death | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | 1 |