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Maternity Hospital, 1927-1927.
Total beds, 30; total cases, 635; percentage of beds occupied
81.4 per cent.
Item.
Total.
Per
Patient
Week.
£
£
s.
d.
Salaries
Medical
168
0
2
8
Nursing
590
0
9
4
Domestic and other
497
0
7
10
Provisions
1,134
0
17
10
Drugs and other Medical Requisites
234
0
3
8
Heating and Lighting
468
0
7
4
Laundry
380
0
6
0
Repairs and
Domestic
294
0
4
8
Renewals
Structural
288
0
4
6
Taxes and Insurance
81
0
1
3
Loan Charges
1,408
1
2
2
Miscellaneous
164
0
2
7
Gross cost
£5,706
£4
9
10
Income
Pupil Midwives
166
0
2
7
Patients' Payments
2,641
2
1
7
Other
12
0
0
2
Net cost
£2,887
£2
5
6
District Midwifery service.
During 1926 there were 152 cases attended in their own homes
by the District Midwife as compared with 119 in the previous year, an
increase of 33 cases.
Particulars relating to this Service during the year are set out
below :—
Total number of cases attended in the district 152
Average number of visits to each case 17
Number of cases delivered by :—
(a) Midwife 144
(b) Doctors 8
Number of cases where medical assistance was called for, with
reasons for requiring assistance :—
(a) Ante-Natal.
A.P.H. at 28th week 1
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