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The first patient was admitted to the Aldersbrook Maternity Unit
on 19/10/46. Statistics for the period 19/10/46 to 31/12/46 are
appended below:—
Number of maternity beds in institution 20
Number of maternity cases admitted 68
Average duration of stay in the lying-in wards 14 days
Number of cases delivered by:—
(a) Midwives 64
(b) Doctors 2
66
Number of cases in which medical assistance was
sought by a midwife in emergency 2
Number of cases admitted after delivery 1
Number of cases notified as Puerpual Pyrexia 1
Number of infants who have received a supplementary
or complementary feed whilst in the
institution (excluding those given during the
first 3 or 4 days while breast feeding is being
established) 5
Number of infants wholly breastfed on leaving the
institution 60
Number of stillbirths 1
Number of infant deaths within 10 days of birth nil
In addition to Aldersbrook, East Ham Memorial and Forest Gate
Hospitals, a certain number of patients were admitted for their
confinements during 1946 to Queen Mary's Hospital, Stratford,
Howards Road, Plaistow, East End Maternity Hospital, 3 Nursing
Homes in close proximity to the Borough and Emergency Maternity
Homes outside London.