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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Table I.
1. Total number of admissions (including infants born in hospital) | 6,424 |
2. Number of women confined in hospital | 952 |
3. Number of live births | 924 |
4. Number of still births | 41 |
5. Number of deaths among the newly-born (i.e., under 4 weeks of age) | 24 |
6. Total number of deaths among children under one year (including those given under 5) | 95 |
7. Number of Maternal deaths among women admitted to hospital for confinement | 7 |
8. Total number of deaths | 876 |
9. Total number of discharged (including infants born in hospital) | 5,538 |
10. Duration of stay of patients included in 8 and 9 above— | |
(a) Under four weeks | 4,532 |
(b) Four weeks and under thirteen weeks | 1,477 |
(c) Thirteen weeks or more | 405 |
11. Number of beds occupied (excluding cots in maternity wards)— | |
(a) Average during the year | 499 |
(b) Highest 568 on 26.11.37. | |
(c) Lowest 453 on 13.10.37. | |
12 Number of surgical operations under general anaesthetic (excluding dental operations) | 1,051 |
13. Number of abdominal sections | 432 |