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part of the maternity year: it is not easy to ensure an even flow
in the use of the beds, but on an average, each mother has stayed
a little over 12 days which has given fair time for rest after childbirth,
and has allowed breast-feeding to be fully established.
The Nursing Staff has remained appreciably unchanged since
my last report and has continued to earn the admiration and
gratitude of the patients. The policy of close collaboration with
our maternity and child welfare clinics and with all departments of
East Ham Memorial and Forest Gate Hospitals has continued to be
most successful, and since the Borough Council has carried on the
administration of this hospital it is still able to offer a complete
unified maternity service.
Aldersbrook
Maternity
Hospital
Number of cases admitted for delivery 463
,, ,, „ ,, ante-natal treatment 56
,, patients delivered by—
(a) midwives 452
(b) doctors 11
„ patients admitted after delivery 2
Average duration of stay in lying-in wards (days) 12.4
Number of cases notified as Puerperal Pyrexia 2
„ ,, of Pemphigus Neonatorum —
,, ,, of Ophthalmia Neonatorum —
,, maternal deaths —
,, still-births 6
,, infant deaths within 10 days of birth 5
,, infants who received a supplementary or complementary
feed whilst in hospital (excluding first
3-4 days while breast feeding is being established) 41
„ infants wholly breast fed on leaving the hospital 420
,, births during the year—
(a) live 461 467
(b) still 6
Total bed complement at 31 /12/49 20
Average daily number of beds occupied over the year 17
Highest daily occupation in the year shewing dates (12th/14th
March, 14th May, 19th June) 25
Lowest daily occupation in the year shewing dates (10th and
11th July) 9