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Kingston upon Thames 1946

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]

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Table: (b) (iii) Puerperal Pyrexia.Forty-one cases were notified during 1946. An analysis is shown below, together with figures for the years 1942 -1945 for purposes of comparison.

(b) (iii) Puerperal Pyrexia.

Forty-one cases were notified during 1946. An analysis is shown below, together with figures for the years 1942 -1945 for purposes of comparison.

Cases19421943194419451946
(a)Total notified2318152341
(b)Number of
(i) Kingston Residents54299
(ii) Extra district residents1814131432
(c)Number included in
(a) Notified from Kingston County Hospital2017142139
(a)Number included in
(a) Notified by private doctors31122
(e)Number of cases included in (d) removed to hospital1--12

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3. II MATERNITY SERVICES.
(a) Ante-Natal Services.
The Ante-Natal Services in the Borough can he divided
into two parts:-
(a) The Borough Ante-Natal Services - for patients
where confinement is undertaken by a midwife at home of the
mother, or for a Kingston mother who is to bo admitted to
hospital or Nursing Home outside the Borough, These patients
are seen at the Borough Ante-Natal Clinic, Grange Load.
(b) The Hospital Ante-Natal Service - for patients who
have arranged to be admitted to the Kingston County Hospital
for the confinement. These patients are seen at the Kingston
County Hospital Ante-Natal Clinics.
The majority of ante-natal cases whose confinement is
undertaken by a midwife, attend the Borough .Ante-Natal Clinic.
Others receive ante-natal care from their family doctors,
under private arrangements.

Table: The following table gives the number of patients attending the Borough Ante-Natal Clinics during 1946, and preceding years, together with the total attendances made and the numbers referred to Kingston County Hospital for further investigation:-

The following table gives the number of patients attending the Borough Ante-Natal Clinics during 1946, and preceding years, together with the total attendances made and the numbers referred to Kingston County Hospital for further investigation:-

19421943194419451946
No. of patients134144142126232
No. of attendances5487447016711328
^.N. Patients referred to Kingston County Hospital3935292324