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Chelsea 1931

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1931

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All the hospitals included in the foregoing table are fully equipped
for operative surgery on modern lines. Each of them also provide
special departments for X-ray investigation, dental, ophthalmic, massage
and pathological work.
MATERNITY AND NURSING HOMES.
The Ormond Maternity Home, situated at 29, Blantyre Street, Chelsea,
is the only institution of its kind in the Borough. Its provides accommodation
for six cases, a seventh bed being available in emergency,
The Home is controlled by a Voluntary Committee and is supported
by (1) voluntary subscriptions (2) payments by patients and by pupils.
The Institution does excellent work in the neighbourhood, providing
an intern and extern midwifery service, and, in addition, is a recognised
school for the training of midwives. The Medical Officer of Health is
a member of the Executive Committee of the Home.
I am indebted to Miss A. Aldridge, the Matron of the Home, for the
following information regarding the work done during the year :—
Total cases attended during the year 247
Cases admitted and attended in the Home 80
Cases attended in the district 167
Maternal Deaths None

PUERPERAL FEVER AND PUERPERAL PYREXIA. There were no cases of Puerperal Fever. Seven cases of puerperal Pyrexia were notified. Details of these cases are set out in the following table :— TABLE No. 25.

Total number of cases notified.Treatment inHospital.District Nurses inattendanceCouncil's Obstetrician called in.Deaths.
Puerperal Fever00000
Puerperal Pyrexia77113

DISEASES AND COMPLICATIONS OF CHILDBIRTH.
Three deaths (already referred to under the heading of Puerperal
Pyrexia, see Table No. 25), occurred during the year. A further death
arose as a consequence of abortion, apparently self-induced.
MATERNAL MORTALITY.
The following table shows the Maternal Mortality in Chelsea during
the past two years.