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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Battersea 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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| Eyes watery or sticky | 13 | Pemphigus Neonatorum | 1 |
| (?) Hernia | 1 | Prematurity | 3 |
| Not entirely breast fed | 10 | Spina Bifida | 2 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | Other reasons | 16 |
| Number of maternal deaths | Nil | ||
| Number of cases notified as Ophthalmia Neonatorum with result of treatment | 1 | ||
| (Sent to St. Margaret's Hospital. Discharged cured.) | |||
| Number of cases with discharge from eyes how-ever slight | 13 | ||
| Number of infants not entirely breast fed | 10 | ||
| Number of cases notified as puerperal sepsis | Nil | ||
| Number of cases notified as puerperal pyrexia | 4 | ||
| Number of infant deaths (9 still-born, 5 within 10 days of birth) and their causes | 14 | ||
| Albuminuria (mother) | 1 | Macerated | 7 |
| Prematurity | 3 | Prematurity | 1 |
| Head on perineum on arri-val | 1 | Prolapse of cord | 1 |
| 5 | 9 | ||
The Consultant Obstetrician was called in in 15 cases of grave emergency, particulars of which are set out below:—
| The Consultant Obstetrician was called in in 15 cases of grave emergency, particulars of which are set out below:— | |||
| Cæsarean section | 7 | Abnormal presentation | 2 |
| Dangerous veins | 1 | Rise of temperature | 2 |
| Eclampsia | 3 | ||
Cost of Maternity Hospital.
I am indebted to the courtesy of the Borough Treasurer for
the following statement of the cost of the Home during the financial
year ended 31st March, 1934:—
Maternity Hospital, 1933—4.
Total beds (excluding cots, labour and isolation beds), 30;
total cases admitted and discharged during year, 506; average
number of beds occupied during the year, excluding cots, labour
and isolation beds, 18.7; number of weeks spent in Institution
by such patients, 970.