Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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SECTION III.
MAYDAY HOSPITAL.
Staff—Medical Superintendent: Arnold Gilray, M.B., Ch.B.,
3 other Resident Medical Staff.
8 Consulting Visiting Staff.
Specialised Services—Orthopaedic, Gynaecological, Dental,
X-Ray, Ultra-Violet Light, Massage, Ophthalmic,
Ear, Nose and Throat.
No. of Trained Nurses 46 (plus X-Ray and Massage 3).
Probationer Nurses 72
Assistant Nurses 7
Male Attendants 7
Table I.
1. | Total number of admissions (including infants born in hospital | 4872 |
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2. | Number of women confined in hospital | 647 |
3. | Number of live births | 616 |
4. | Number of deaths among the newly-born (under 4 weeks) | 27 |
5. | Total number of deaths among the children under one year | |
(including those under No. 4) | 52 | |
6. | Number of still births | 37 |
7. | Number of maternal deaths among women admitted to hospital | |
for confinement | 1 | |
8. | Total number of deaths | 726 |
9. | Total number of discharges (including infants born in hospital) | 4125 |
10. | Duration of stay of patients included in Nos. 8 and 9: | |
(a) Under four weeks | 3296 | |
(b) Four weeks and under thirteen weeks | 1248 | |
307 | ||
11. | Number of beds occupied (a) average during the year | 478 |
(b) highest 546 on 21/2/35; (c) lowest 407 on 25/8/35. | ||
12. | -Number of surgical operations under G.A. (excluding dental operations) | 706 |
13. | plus under spinal anaesthetic -Number of abdominal sections | 62 |
316 |