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 28 from Mayday Hospital and 7
from St. Mary's Maternity Hospital 43
No. of Maternal deaths in Booked cases from Borough
Ante-Natal Clinics 1
No. of Maternal deaths in Emergency eases at Mayday
Hospital 6
(including 2 criminal abortions)
No. of Maternal deaths in cases admitted as Puerperal
Sepsis per se 0
Total Maternal deaths in beds of the Obstetric Service 7
(including 3 abortions, 2 of which were criminal)
The total number of patients treated by the Obstetric Service
was : —
(a) In Mayday Hospital 1,849
(/') In St. Mary's Maternity Hospital 009
(c) In the Borough Hospital Puerperal Infection Unit and
Mayday Hospital Isolation Wards, excluding 28 from
(a) and 7 from (b) 8
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(e) At the Post-Natal Clinics, excluding those included in
(a), (b), (c) and (d) 1,602
(/) At the Ante-Natal Clinics and undelivered on December
aist, 1945 1,177
6,380
Incidcncc of Abortion.
1945. | 1944. | |
---|---|---|
Incomplete abortions | 1(37 | 132 |
Threatened abortion with final evacuation | 33 | 17 |
Inevitable abortion | 15 | 14 |
Complete abortion | 16 | 31 |
Missed abortion | 10 | 6 |
Threatened abortion discharged undelivered | 62 | 41 |
Total | 303 | 241 |