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Croydon 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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10
MAYDAY HOSPITAL.
Table I.
Medical Superintendent:
C. F. Swinton, M.D., F.R.C.S.(Ed.), Ch.M.
Nursing Staff.
Matron: Miss J. Llewellyn, S.R.N.
Trained Nurses 69 Assistant Nurses 7
Student Nurses 90 Male Nurses 11
Steward: Mr. R. Grist.
The following Specialist Services are carried:—Orthopædic,
Gynæcological and Obstetrical, Dental, X-Ray, Deep X-Ray
Therapy, Massage, Ultra-Violet Light, Ophthalmic, Ear, Nose
and Throat, School E.N.T. Clinic, Gastroscopy, Psychiatric,
Medical and Surgical Out-patients.
Table I.
| 1.- | Total number of admissions (including infants born in hospital) | 8,471 |
| 2.- | Number of women confined in hospital | 1,316 |
| 3.- | Number of live births | 1,224 |
| 4.- | Number of still births | 75 |
| 5.- | Number of deaths among the newly-born (i.e., under 4 weeks of age) | 47 |
| 6.- | Number of deaths among children under one year (including those given under 5) | 89 |
| 7.- | Number of maternal deaths among women admitted to hospital for confinement | - |
| 8.- | Total number of deaths | 804 |
| 9.- | Total number of discharges (including infants born in hospital) | 7,649 |
| 10.- | Duration of stay of patients included in 8 and 9 above: — | |
| (a) Under four weeks | 6,980 | |
| (b) Four weeks and under thirteen weeks | 1,193 | |
| (c) Thirteen weeks or more | 280 | |
| 11.- | —Number of beds occupied (excluding cots in maternity wards): — | |
| (a) Average during the year | 443 | |
| (b) Highest 552 on 4-2-46 | ||
| (c) Lowest 404 on 25-12-46 | ||
| 12.- | Number of surgical operations under anæsthetic | 2,924 |
| 13.- | Number of abdominal sections | 516 |