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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No. of cases admitted to the Puerperal Infection Unit,
Borough Hospital and Mayday Hospital Isolation
Wards, including 22 from Mayday Hospital and 7
from St. Mary's Maternity Hospital 36
No. of Maternal deaths in Booked cases from Borough
Ante-Natal Clinics 1
(an abortion)
No. of Maternal deaths in Emergency cases at Mayday
Hospital 6
(including 3 criminal abortions)
No. of Maternal deaths in cases admitted as Puerperal
Sepsisperse 0
Total Maternal deaths in beds of the Obstetric Service 7
(including 4 abortions, 3 of which were criminal)
The total number of patients treated by the Obstetric Service
was:—
(a) In Mayday Hospital 1,731
(b) In St. Mary's Maternity Hospital 490
(c) In the Borough Hospital Puerperal Infection Unit and
Mayday Hospital Isolation Wards, excluding 15 from
(a) and 7 from (b) 7
(d) At the Ante Natal Clinics and delivered outside the above
Hospitals (including Municipal Midwives' cases) 1,416
(e) At the Post-Natal Clinics, excluding those included in
(a), (6), (c) and (d) 1,370
(/) At the Ante-Natal Clinics and undelivered on December
31st, 1944 939
5,953
ANTE-NATAL SUPERVISION.
1943 1944
No. of Sessions at Ante-Natal Clinics held 565 551
No. of individuals who attended 4,100 3,783
No. of previous year's cases continuing attendance
778 982
No. of new cases 3,322 2,824
No. of cases undelivered on 31st December 982
Total attendances made 22,273 21,141
Average attendances per session 39
No. of cases delivered in hospital as Booked
cases 1,737 1-584
No. of cases delivered by Municipal Midwives. 1,072 991
No. of cases delivered at other places under
the care of private doctors or midwives 138