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In the 1,025 "Booked" cases there were 15 cases of pyrexia
and 2 deaths without a rise of temperature. The morbidity rate
for "Booked" cases was 1.66 per cent. (Mayday Hospital 2.83
per cent., St. Mary's Maternity Hospital 0.71 per cent.).
In the 242 "Emergency" cases at Mayday Hospital there
were 10 cases of pyrexia and 2 deaths without a rise of temperature.
The morbidity rate for Mayday Hospital "Emergency"
cases was 4.96 per cent.
The Strasbourg Convention standard of pyrexia, as adopted
by the Ministry of Health, has been used, namely, "A temperature
of 100.4 deg. F. or more, sustained during a period of 24
hours or recurring during that period."
Infants.
Mayday Mayday St. Mary's
Hospital. Hospital. Mat. Hosp.
Booked. Emergency. Booked. Total. Per cent.
Number of Infants
in Hospital on 1st
January, 1934 15 2 17 34 —
Total number of
Live Births, StillBirths
and Infants
admitted with
mother (B.B.A.) 455 85 574 1,114 100
Number of Infants
in Hospital on 31st
December, 1934 15 2 17 34 —
Living—alive on discharge
from Hospital
428 57 554 1,039 93.3
Stillborn (fresh) 12 16 9 37 3.3
Stillborn (macerated). 3 7 7 17 1.5
Died (born alive, but
died in Hospital) 12 5 4 21 1.9
Infant Feeding and Weight on Discharge from Hospital.
In both Hospitals normal infants were breast-fed every four
hours, omitting the early morning feed.
Of 476 infants discharged from Mayday Hospital, 311 were
up to or over birth weight (65.3 per cent.).
Of 558 infants discharged from St. Mary's Maternity
Hospital, 354 were up to or over birth weight (63.4 per cent.).