London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Croydon 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
This page requires JavaScript
159
B.—"Emergency" patients sent into Hospital with some complications
by outside doctors or midwives. No "Emergency"
cases were admitted to St. Mary's Maternity Hospital, except
two cases which had been seen by a medical officer at home
and had been included in the Booked cases for convenience.
Mayday
Hospital.
(1) Before Labour—
(a) discharged undelivered 0
(b) Delivered in hospital after 38th week 97
(c) Delivered in hospital before 28th week 182
(d) Died undelivered 0
(2) After Delivery 9
(3) Ectopic Pregnancy 2
Total 290
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. Deliveries before 28 weeks gestation are excluded:—
| Mayday Hospital. Booked. | Mayday Hospital. Emergency. | St. Mary's Mat. Hospital. Booked. | Totals. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| first pregnancy | 415 (45.5%) | 41 (42.2%) | 307 (57.2%) | 763 (51.2%) |
| Second „ | 243 (28.0%) | 215 (24.3%) | 142 (26.5%) | 410 (27.5%) |
| Third „ | 77 (8.9%) | 13 (7.9%) | 49 (9.0%) | 139 (9.4%) |
| Fourth „ | 60 (6.8%) | 6 (6.2%) | 25 (4.6%) | 91 (6.1%) |
| Fifth „ | 24 (2.9%) | 4 (3,8%) | 9 (1.6%) | 37 (2.5%) |
| Sixth „ | 12 (1.3%) | 1 (4.4%) | 2 (0.3%) | 15 (1.0%) |
| Seventh ,, | 13 (1.4%) | 1 (0.1%) | 2 (0.3%) | 16 (1.1%) |
| Eighth „ | 4 (0.5%) | 3 (2.7%) | 0 (-) | 7 (0.6%) |
| Ninth „ | 1 (0.1%) | 1 (0.9%) | 0 (-) | 2 (0.1%) |
| Tenth pregnancy | ||||
| or more ... | 6 (0.6%) | 2 (2.1%) | 0 (-) | 8 (0.4%) |
| Totals | 855 | 97 | 536 | 1,488 |
| Legitimate | 819 (90.%) | 79 (81.4%) | 532 (99.2%) | 1,430 (96.6%) |
| "legitimate | 36 (4.2%) | 18 (18.5%) | 4 (0.7%) | 58 (3.2%) |