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Croydon 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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9
MAYDAY HOSPITAL.
Table 1.
Medical Superintendent:
C. F. Swinton, M.D., F.R.C.S.(Ed.), Ch.M.
Nursing Staff.
Matron: Miss F. Roberts, S.R.N.
Trained Nurses 83 Assistant Nurses 7
Student Nurses 103 Male Attendants 6
Steward: Mr. R. Grist.
The following Specialist Services are carried on:—Orthopaedic,
Gynecological, Dental, X-Ray, Deep X-Ray Therapy,
Massage, Ultra-Yiolet Light, Ophthalmic, Ear, Nose and
Throat, School E.N.T. Clinic, Gastroscopy.
Table I.
| 1. | Total number of admissions (including infants born in hospital) | 7,714 |
| 2. | Number of women confined in hospital | 1,138 |
| 3. | Number of live births | |
| 4. | Number of still births | 47 |
| 5. | Number of deaths among the newly-born (i.e., under 4 weeks of age) | 41 |
| 6. | Number of deaths among children under one year (including those given under 5) | 78 |
| 7. | Number of maternal deaths among women admitted to hospital for confinement | |
| 8. | Total number of deaths | 835 |
| 9. | Total number of discharges (including infants born in hospital) | 6,730 |
| 10. | Duration of stay of patients included in 8 and 9 above— | |
| (a) Under four weeks | 6,130 | |
| (b) Four weeks and under thirteen weeks | 1,278 | |
| 215 | ||
| Number of beds occupied (excluding cost in maternity wards— | ||
| 440 | ||
| (b) Highest 501, on 13-12-43 | ||
| (c) Lowest 364, on 3-1-43 | ||
| Number of surgical operations under anaesthetic | 2,579 | |
| 13. | Number of abdominal sections | 721 |