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5. Number of cases delivered "by -
(a) Midwives - 609 plus 3 miscarriages.
(b) Doctors - 111.
6. Number of oases in which medical assistance was sought
by a midwife in emergency - 377.
7. Number of cases notified as -
(a) Puerperal fever - Nil.
(b) Puerperal pyrexia - 31.
8. Number of cases of pemphigus neonatorum - Nil.
9. Number of infants not entirely breast fed while in the
institution - 130 complemented, 27 (artificially fed).
10. Number of cases notified as ophthalmia neonatorum - Nil,
11. (a) Number of maternal deaths - 1.
(b) Cause of death - Eclampsia.
12. (a) Number of infant deaths
(i) Stillborn - 23.
(ii) Within 10 days of birth - 6.
(b) Cause of death in each case, and results of post-mortem
examination (if obtainable).- See Clinical Report.
The stillbirth rate was 32.8 per 1,000 live births, and the
neo-natal mortality within 10 days of birth was 8.5 per
1,000 live births.
(a) Occupation of Beds.- The average daily occupation of
beds was as follows:-
January 27.0 July 26.0
February 29.3 August 36.3
March 35.2 September 33.1
April 35.4 October 26.9
May 38.4 November 16.5
June 25.7 December 16.6
The average for the whole year was equal to 62.9 per cent.
beds occupied (based on 46 beds).
(b) Emergency Unit.- The services of the emergency unit
were required on one occasion during the year.
(c) Gas and Air Analgesia.- The Maternity Hospital is
approved by the Central Midwives Board for the purpose of
giving special instruction in gas and air analgesia.
No examination was held during the year.
(d) Training of Pupil Midwives.- The Hospital is approved
by the Central Midwives Board, jointly with the Middlesex
Hospital, for the training of pupil midwives in both Part I.
and Part II of the training under the new rules.
During 1940, 32 pupils from Thorpe Coombe obtained the
Part I.Certificate of the Central Midwives Board, and 11 obtained
the Part II. Certificate.
The following Clinical Report has been compiled by
Dr.Helen Rodway, M.R.C.O.G., Resident Obstetrician.
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