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Beckenham 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]

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Table: ANNUAL STATISTICS FOR 1937Relating to the Beckenham and Penge Joint Maternity Home

ANNUAL STATISTICS FOR 1937

Relating to the Beckenham and Penge Joint Maternity Home

Information RequiredParticulars
1. Name and Address of InstitutionBeckenham and Penge Joint Maternity Home, 80, Croydon Road, Beckenham
2. Number of maternity beds in the Institution (exclusive of isolation and labour beds)14
2a Number of such beds used for Ante-Natal cases3
3. Number of maternity cases admitted during the year319
4. Average duration of stay14.569 days
5. Number of cases delivered by
(a) Midwives258
(b) Doctors61
6. Number of cases in which medical assistance was sought by a midwife in emergency84
7. Number of cases notified as :
(a) Puerperal Fever1
(b) Puerperal Pyrexia*6
8. Number of cases of Pemphigus NeonatorumNil
9. Number of infants not entirely breast-fed while in the Institution13 Supplementary feeds 1 Completely artificially fed.

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*i.e. rise of temperature to 100.4° F. for 24 hours, or its recurrence
within that period.
25