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EAST HAM MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
MATERNITY WARD.
(Opened 1.11.45)
1. Number of maternity beds in the Institution (exclusive of isolation
and labour beds) at 31st December 1943. 16.
la Number of beds, if any, included under item which have been
reserved for expectant mothers in need of hospital treatment.
2. Number of maternity cases admitted during the year.
(1.11.43 - 31.12.43) - 24
2a. Number of women treated during the year in the ante-natal beds shown'
against item a. (These women should be included also against item)
2b. Average duration of stay of expectant mothers in the ante-natal beds
shown against item 2a.
3. Average duration of stay of cases in the lying-in wards. 14-15 days.
4. Number of cases delivered by-
(a) Midwives. 23.
(b) Doctors. -
5. Number of cases in which medical assistance was sought by a midwife
in emergency. 2.
6. Number of cases admitted after delivery - 1.
7. Number of cases notified as-
(a) Puerperal fever..
(b) Puerperal Pyrexia -
8. Number of cases of pemphigus neonatorum -
9. (a) Number of infants who have at any time received a supplementary
or complementary feed while in the Institution - 2.
(b) Number of Infants wholly breastfed on leaving the Institution - 23
10. (a) Number of cases notified as ophthalmia neonatorum.
(b) Result of treatment in each case.
11. ( a) Number of maternal deaths
(b) Cause of death in each case
12. (a) Number of stillbirths.
(b) Cause in each case, and results of post-mortem examination
(if obtainable). -
13. (a) Number of infant deaths within 10 days of birth. -
(b) Cause of death in each case, and results of post-mortem
examination (if obtainable)
21.