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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Croydon 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| After confinement at | Totals. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayday Hospital. | St. Mary's Hospital. | Elsewhere. | ||
| 361 | 442 | 64 | 867 | |
| Cases found to be normal | 370 | 34 | 690 | |
| Cases found to be abnormal. | 75 | 72 | 30 | 177 |
| Cases treated as Out-patients | 27 | 148 | ||
| Cases admitted to Mayday Hospital | 7 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
CLASSIFICATION OF ABNORMAL POST-NATAL CASES.
| Case Group. | Source of cases attending | Percentage of Abnormals. | Percentage of all cases attending. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayday Hospital. | St. Mary's Hospital. | Elsewhere | ||||
| Retroversion and Delayed Involution | 34 | 36 | 8 | 44.1 | 9.0 | |
| Delayed Involution | 9 | 8 | 7 | 13.6 | ||
| Trauma | 9 | 13 | 5 | 15.3 | 3.1 | |
| Infection | 11 | 3 | 7 | 11.9 | 2.4 | |
| Chronic Nephritis | 6 | 4 | 0 | .56 | 1.2 | |
| Other | 6 | 8 | 3 | 9.6 | 2.0 | |
| Totals | 75 | 72 | 30 | 100.0 | 20.5 | |
END RESULTS.
862 cases were treated to their termination (other than death)
during the year, and the results were classed as follows:—
result I.—Health unimpaired as a result of recent confinement
(i.e., no symptoms and no anatomical or functional
disability). (92%).
result II.—Health slightly impaired as a result of recent confinement
(i.e., no symptoms or disability, but anatomical
damage likely to lead to disability in the future, particularly
if increased by further pregnancies. This group
includes cases impaired by previous confinements and
further impaired by the recent confinement so as to make
the total impairment, due to all previous confinements,
equal to that described in Result III). (6.3%).