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Births notified by Borough Midlives:-
Miss Andrews 108
Miss Hughes 67
Miss Matthews 79
Miss Jones 25
Miss Buckeridge 33
Miss Fenwick-Tame 3
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ALEXANDRA. MATERNITY HOME
The following statistics relate to the work of the Maternity Home daring
1945.
2) Number of maternity beds in the Institution (exclusive of
isolation and labour beds) at 31st December, 1945 19
2a) number of beds, if any, included under item 2 which have been
reserved for expectant mothers in need of hospital treatment 2
3) Number of maternity cases admitted during the year 286
3a) Number of women treated during the year in the ante-natal beds
shown against item 2a (these women should he included also
against item 3) 15
3d) Average duration of stay of expectant mothers in the ante-natal
beds shown against item 2a 6 days
4) Average duration of stay of cases in the lying-in wards 14 days
5) †Number of cases delivered by -
(a) Midwives 238
(b) Doctors 33
6) Number of cases in which medical assistance was sought by a
midwife in emergency 44
7) Number of cases admitted after delivery (these cases should he
included in item 3) 1
8) Number of cases notified as-
(a) ""puerperal fever 1
(b) //puerperal pyrexia
9) Number of cases of pemphigus neonatorum
10) (a) Number of infants who have at any time received a supplementary
or complementary feed while in the Institution (excluding those
given during the first three or four days while breast feeding
is being established) 30
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