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Taking the Registrar-General's figures for maternal mortality
(deaths directly due to pregnancy), the rate for England and
Wales for 1948 was 1.02 per 1,000 births. In Croydon the rate
was 0.44. In "booked" cases treated by the Obstetric Service
the rate for 1948 was 1.18 per 1,000 Hospital deliveries.
The number of cases delivered of viable babies in Mayday
Hospital, with a nominal 68 beds, was 1,269. The number
delivered at St. Mary's Maternity Hospital, with 30 beds, was
707. The number of cases delivered by the Domiciliary Branch
of the Service (Municipal Midwives) was 1,511. Including 36
cases admitted after delivery, the total number of deliveries dealt
with by the Obstetric Service was 3,523. The total number of
infants born was 3,551.
General Statistics, 1948.
No. of live births allocated to the Borough of Croydon 4,507
,, still ,, ,, ,, 90
No. of maternal deaths 2
No. of cases of notified Puerperal Pyrexia 31
No. of expectant mothers who attended the Borough Ante-
Natal Clinics 4,912
No. of cases delivered in Mayday Hospital as Booked
cases (exclusive of abortions) 957
No. of cases delivered in Mayday Hospital as Emergency
cases (exclusive of abortions) 312
Total cases delivered in Mayday Hospital ——1,209
No. of cases delivered in St. Mary's Maternity Hospital
as Booked cases 700
No. of cases delivered in St. Mary's Maternity Hospital
as Emergency cases 7
Total cases delivered in St. Mary's Maternity Hospital 707
No. of cases delivered by Municipal midwives 1,511
Total 3,487
No. of cases admitted to the Puerperal Infection Unit,
Borough Hospital 24
No. of Maternal deaths in Booked cases from Borough
Ante-Natal Clinics 2
No. of Maternal deaths in Emergency cases at Mayday
Hospital
No. of Maternal deaths in cases admitted as Puerperal
Sepsis per se 1
Total Maternal deaths in beds of the Obstetric Service 3
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