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* East Ham Memorial Hospital.
Maternity Hospital Accommodation.
The following statistical information in respect of the year ended
31/12/46 is given:—
East Ham Memorial Hospital.
Number of maternity cases admitted 490*
Average duration of stay of cases in lying-in wards.. 12 days
Number of cases delivered by:—
(a) Midwives 363
(b) Doctors 54
417
Number of cases in which medical assistance was
sought by midwife in an emergency 57
Number of cases admitted after delivery 4
Number of cases notified as Puerperal Pyrexia 1
Number of cases of Pemphigus Neonatorum —
Number of infants who received a supplementary or
complementary feed while in the institution
(excluding those given during the first 3 or 4
days whilst breast feeding is being established) 43
Number of infants wholly breastfed on leaving the
institution 381
Number of cases notified as Ophthalmia Neonatorum —
Number of Maternal Deaths —
Number of Still Births 7
Number of infant deaths within ten days of birth 13
* These include cases admitted on more than one occasion and patients from
outside the area.
Aldersbrook Maternity Hospital.
It became apparent at the beginning of the year under review
from the heavy booking list for hospital treatment for maternity cases,
that further accommodation must be provided.