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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(1) Total number of admissions (including infants born in hospital) | 6,638 |
(2) Number of women confined in hospital | 925 |
(3) Number of live births | 899 |
(4) Number of still births | 37 |
(5) Number of deaths among the newly-born (i.e., under 4 weeks of age) | 21 |
(6) Total number of deaths among children under one year (including those given under (5) ) | 54 |
(7) Number of Maternal deaths among women admitted to hospital for confinement | 2 |
(8) Total number of deaths | 752 |
(9) Total number of discharges (including infants born in hospital) | 5,906 |
(10) Duration of stay of patients included in 8 and 9 above— | |
5,059 | |
(b) Four weeks and under thirteen weeks | 1,286 |
(c) Thirteen weeks or more | 313 |
(11) Number of beds occupied (excluding cots in maternity wards)— | |
(a) Average during the year | 524 |
(b) Highest 575 on 14-3-38. | |
(c) Cowest 469 on 1-2-38. | |
(12) Number of surgical operations under general anaesthetic (excluding dental operations) | 1,093 |
(13) Number of adominal sections' | 456 |