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POST NATAL AND GYNAECOLOGICAL CLINIC.
In 1939 31% of the "Booked" cases delivered in the Hospitals attended
the Post-Natal Clinic six weeks after their confinements. This is 4%
more than in 1938.
Number of Sessions held 101
j No. of individuals presented 1507
No. of subsequent attendances. 1153
Total attendances 2609
Average attendance per session 26
No. of Post-Natal cases 1015
No. of Gynaecological cases 492
END RESULTS.
915 cases were treated to their termination (other than death)
during the year, and the results were classed as Follows:- %
Mayday St.Mary's where TOTAL
Health Unimpaired 506 371 15 892 97.4
Health slightly impaired. 8 4 4 16 1.7
Health seriously impaired 4 1 2 7 0,9
Totals, treated to
conclusion 518 376 21 915
Maternal Mortality (Obstetric Service)
Five deaths occurred of Mothers dealt with by the service. Of these,
however, only two were Croydon cases, one a Booked case, the other an emergency
case.
The maternal mortality of "Booked" cases, i.e. cases under the
continued supervision of the service, is 0.7 per 1,000 Hospital deliveries, and
0.4 per 1,000 total deliveries including the Municipal Midwives booked cases.
This is the same as for 1938, which was the lowest rate on record,
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Infant Feeding and weight on Discharge from Hospital.
In both hospitals normal infants wore breast-fed every four hours
mitting the early morning feed.
Of 8.34 infants discharged from Mayday Hospital, 654 were up to or over
birth weight (79 pur cent)
Of 435 infants discharged from St. Mary's Maternity Hospital, 260
were up to or over birth weight (SO per cent).
Twins and Triplets.
There were 20 cases of Twins and none of Triplets. There was no
maternal death.
Mayday
Hospital
Booked
Mayday
Hospital
Emergency
St.Mary's
Maternity
Hospital
Booked.
Total.
No. of cases
14
—
6
20
No of Infants discharged
alive
25
-
11
36
No of stillbirths and
infant deaths
3
-
1
4
Foetal and infant
mortality.
10.7%
8.3%
10%