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Special visits were made by the Consulting Obstetrician or his Deputy
to 10 cases in the Ward Blocks as follows:—
To perform Caesarean section operations 4
To perform other operations 3
For consultations 3
One mother, confined in a Ward Block, died from Acute Eclampsia, and
another woman admitted with a history of membranes having ruptured,
died 6 hours later, un-delivered, from Concealed accidental haemorrhage
due to placental separation at childbirth.
The maternal mortality rate for the Ward Blocks of the Home for the
ten years from 1933 to 1042 is 1.72 per 1,000 births, as compared with the
maternal mortality rate in the district generally of 3.44, the rate in each
case being calculated on the total live births.
Other Maternity Hospitals.—260 cases were admitted to Oldchurch
County Hospital during 1942. The fee payable to the Essex County Council
is at the rate of 14/- per day.
By arrangement, all Ilford cases found to be normal at the first antenatal
examination at the Oldchurch Hospital Clinic are referred to the
Ilford Ante-Natal Clinics for further examinations until the 36th week of
pregnancy. The cases are then referred to the Oldchurch Hospital Clinic
again and if still normal are referred again to the Ilford Clinics for examination
until the date due for confinement. If any abnormality develops
whilst under supervision at the Ilford Clinics the cases are referred to the
Oldchurch Hospital Clinic.
196 cases were examined at the Council's Ante-Natal Clinics during
1942, making a total of 881 attendances. These figures are included in
the table of attendances at the ante-natal clinics.