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Kingston upon Thames 1947

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

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(b) (iii) Puerperal Pyrexia.

Table: Twenty-eight cases were notified during 1947.An analysis is shown below, together with figures for the years 1943-1946 for purposes of comparison -

Twenty-eight cases were notified during 1947.

An analysis is shown below, together with figures for the years 1943-1946 for purposes of comparison -

Cases19431944194519461947
(a) Total notified1815234128
(b) Number included in (a) of
(i) Kingston residents42996
(ii) Extra district residents1413143222
(c) Number included in (a)
notified from Kingston County Hospital1714213927
(d) Number included in (a)
notified by private doctors11221
(e) Number of cases included in (d) removed to hospital other than those included in (c) „--12-

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3. (ii) Maternity services.
(a) ante-Natal Services.
The Ante-Natal Services in the Borough are 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 be
admitted to hospital or nursing home outside the Borough.
These patients were seen at the Borough Ante-Natal
Clinic, Grange Road.
(b) The Hospital Ante-Natal Service - for patients
who have arranged to be admitted to the Kingston County
Hospital for the confinement. These patients were 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.
The following table gives the number of patients Who
attended the Borough Ante-Natal Clinics during 1947, and preceding
year?, together with the total attendances made and the
numbers referred to Kingston County Hospital for further
investigation:-

Table: The following table gives the number of patients Who attended the Borough Ante-Natal Clinics during 1947, and preceding year?, 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 Who attended the Borough Ante-Natal Clinics during 1947, and preceding year?, together with the total attendances made and the numbers referred to Kingston County Hospital for further investigation:-

13431944194519461947
No, of patients144142126232256
No. of attendances7447016711,3281,752
Ante-Natal patients referred
to Kingston County HosDital35292324