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THE OBSTETRIC SERVICE.
The obstetric service has been described in my report for 1938. The
following are the statistics for 1941
Talcing the Registrar General's figures for maternal mortality
(deaths directly due to pregnancy but excluding abortion) the rate for
England and Wales for 1941 was 2.23 per 1,000 births. In Croydon the
rate was 3.24. In booked cases treated by the Obstetric Service the
rate for 194.1 was 3.3 per 1,000 Hospital deliveries; nil per 1,000 home
deliveries and 2.1 per 1,000 over all deliveries.
Of the cases treated to a conclusion at the Post Natal Clinic during
1941, 92,7 per cent were classified as "Health Unimpaired". This
signifies that anatomically and functionally their condition was the same
as before their pregnancies. The corresponding figure for 1940 was 94.7.
The number of cases delivered of viable babies in Mayday Hospital
with a nominal 43 beds, was 629, The number delivered at St. Mary's
Maternity Hospital, with 30 beds, was 579, Owing to bomb damage the
wards at Mayday Hospital were closed for nearly three months.
GENERAL STATISTICS, 1941.
No, of live births allocated to the Borough of Croydon. 2642
,, ,, still ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 65
No. of maternal deaths (directly due to pregnancy) 8
No. of cases of notified Puerperal Pyrexia. 51
No. of expectant mothers who attended the Borough
Ante Natal Clinics. 2828
No. of cases delivered in Mayday Hospital as
Booked cases. 600
No. of cases delivered in Mayday Hospital as
emergency cases. 168
Total cases delivered in Mayday Hospital. 768
No, of cases delivered in St. Mary's Maternity
Hospital as booked cases. 579
No. of cases delivered in St. Mary's Maternity
Hospital as Emergency cases. -
Total cases delivered in St Mary's
Maternity Hospital. 579
No, of cases delivered by Municipal Midwives 730
TOTAL 2077
No, of ceses admitted to the Puerperal Infection
Unit Borough Hospital and Mayday Hospital
Icclavicn Wards, including 28 from Mayday Hospital
and 6 from St, Mary's Maternity Hospital. 38
No. of Maternal deaths in Booked cases from
Borough Ante Natal Clinics. 4
No. of Maternal deaths in Emergency cases at
Mayday Hospital. 7
No. of Maternal deaths in cases admitted as
Puerperal Sepsis per se 1
Total Maternal deaths in beds of the Obstetric
Service. 12 (including 3
cases of
criminal abortion
and 1 "foreign"
case)
60