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Battersea 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Hospital and Dr. Annie McCall of the Clapham Maternity Hospital
in finding accommodation for patients in their Institutions during
the period the Borough Maternity Hospital was closed.
During 1930, 516 cases were admitted to the Hospital as compared
with 605 cases in 1929, 653 in 1928, 634 in 1927, 625 in 1926,
and 560 in 1925.
Particulars relating to the admissions during 1930 are set out as follows:—
| Total number of cases admitted | 516 |
| Average duration of stay | 14 days |
| Number of cases delivered by midwives | 467 |
| Number of cases delivered by doctors (including 2 delivered by own doctors) | 32 |
| Number of cases born before arrival | 3 |
Of the above cases, 14 patients were admitted for Ante-Natal
treatment prior to re-admission at a later date for confinement.
Number of cases in which medical aid was sought by the midwife with reasons for requiring assistance:—
| Albuminuria | 11 | Heart | 1 |
| Contracted pelvis | 3 | 42 | |
| Induction | 19 | ||
| Malpresentation | 3 | ||
| Placenta prævia | 5 | ||
| Adherent placenta | 1 | Ruptured perineum | 56 |
| Foetal distress | 3 | Post-partum haemorrhage | 2 |
| Forceps deliveries | 14 | ||
| Heart disease | 1 | 99 | |
| Prolonged labour | 3 | ||
| Retained membranes | 19 |
(c) After Labour—14.
| Influenza | 4 | Post Eclamptic Fits | 1 |
| Pain in groin, &c. | 1 | Strange in manner | 1 |
| Rash on face | 1 | ||
| Chest condition | 2 | 14 | |
| Varicose veins | 1 | ||
| Constipation | 3 |
| Blisters and septic fingers | 20 | Convulsions | 1 | |
| Eruptions on face and body | 3 | Artificially fed | 1 | |
| Cyanosis | 2 | Supplementarily fed | 6 | |
| Feebleness | 7 | 60 | ||
| Sticky eyes | 9 | |||
| Watery eyes | 10 | |||
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 1 | |||