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Battersea 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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| Prematurity | 7 |
| Atelectasis, &c. | 3 |
| Congenital heart disease | 2 |
| 12 |
| Macerated | 1 |
| Prematurity | 1 |
| Prolapse of cord | 1 |
| No foetal heart on admission | 1 |
| Breech presentation | 1 |
| Hand and cord presentation | 1 |
| White asphyxia | 1 |
| Long first stage of labour | 1 |
| 8 |
Number of deliveries—
| By midwives | 457 | |
| ,. doctors | 28 | |
| 485 | ||
| Number born before arrival | - | |
| Total births(including 14 twins) | 492 | |
| Number of maternal deaths | Nil | |
| (One death, not ascribed to puerperal causes, occurred at the Hospital in November.) | ||
| Number of cases notified as Ophthalmia Neonatorum | ||
| with result of treatment.(Both cured) | 2 | |
| Number of cases with discharge from eyes how-ever slight | 12 | |
| Number of infants not entirely breast fed | 12 | |
| Number of cases notified as puerperal sepsis | Nil | |
| Number of cases notified as puerperal pyrexia | 10 | |
| Number of infant deaths (8 still-born, 12 within 10 days of birth) and their causes | 20 | |
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, 1935:—
Maternity Hospital, 1934—5.
Total beds(excluding cots, labour and isolation beds), 30;
total cases admitted and discharged during year, 477; average
number of beds occupied during the year, excluding cots, labour
and isolation beds, 17.8; number of weeks spent in Institution
by such patients, 969.4.
A statement* showing expenditure for the year ended 31st
March, 1935, in respect of the Maternity Hospital is given on the
next page.
•*This statement does not take into account the Government Grant.