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Croydon 1945

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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92
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
(Hospitals (including Municipal Mid wives' cases) 1,165
(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 abortions1(37132
Threatened abortion with final evacuation3317
Inevitable abortion1514
Complete abortion1631
Missed abortion106
Threatened abortion discharged undelivered6241
Total303241