London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Croydon 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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A comparison of the patients delivered in the two hospitals as
regards parity, legitimacy and the number of attendances made at
the Ante-natal Clinics. The 1934 comparison included deliveries
before 28 weeks gestation, but from this table they are excluded:-
St.
Mayday Mayday Mary's Mat.
Hospital. Hospital. Hospital.
Booked. Emergency. Booked. Totals.
First pregnancy 270 (49%) 49 (52%) 332 (61%) 651 (54½%)
Second „ 129 (23%) 16 (17%) 123 (22½%) 268 (22½%)
Third „ 66 (12%) 12 (12½%) 57 (10½%) 135 (11½%)
Fourth ,, 34 (6%) 9 (9½%) 17 (3%) 60 (5%)
Fifth ,, 18 (3%) 2 (2%) 12 (2%) 32 (2¾%)
Sixth ,, 10 (2%) 3 (3%) 4 (¾%) 17 (1½%)
Seventh „ 9 (1½%) 2 (2%) 1 (1-5%) 12 (1%)
Eighth „ 4 (¾%) 1 (1%) 0 (-) 5 (½%)
Ninth „ 2 (1-3%) 0 (-) 0 (-) 2 (1-6%
Tenth pregnancy
or more 9 (1½%) 1 (1%) 0 (—) 10 (1%)
Totals 551 95 546 1,192
Legitimate 509 (92%) 72 (76%) 541 (99%) 1,122 (94%)
Illegitimate 42 (8%) 23 (24%) 5 (1%) 70 (6%)
Average attendance
at Antenatal
Clinic
per patient delivered
7.5 0.4 10.2 -