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Beckenham 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]

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Table: ANNUAL STATISTICS FOR 1938Relating to the Beckenham and Penge Joint Maternity Home

ANNUAL STATISTICS FOR 1938

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 year333
4. Average duration of stay14.69 days
5. Number of cases delivered by :
(a) Midwives249
(b) Doctors78
(c) Post natal cases3
6. Number of cases in which medical assistance was sought by a midwife in emergency122
7. Number of cases notified as: (a) Puerperal FeverNil
(b) Puerperal Pyrexia*8
8. Number of cases of Pemphigus NeonatorumNil
9. Number of infants not entirely breast-fed while in the Institution8 Supplementary feeds

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