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Walthamstow 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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ADMISSIONS TO THE HCSPITAL.
(a) Ante-Natal 141 (39 patients were delivered before
discharge)
(b) For confinement 868
(c) Post-Natal 6
(d) On account of
m.i scarriage 3
Total 1018
Indications for the admission of Ante-Natal patients.
| Number of cases. | |
|---|---|
| Ante-partum haemorrhage | 7 |
| Pre-eclamptic toxaemia | 10 |
| Hyperpiesis | 12 |
| Hyperemfcsis | 1 |
| Creech for version | 13 |
| For rest on account cf cardiac disease | 10 |
| For observation and rest | 12 |
| For observation and discharged because not in labour | 76 |
| Total | 141 |
Emergency admissions.
| Indications for admission. | Number of cases. |
|---|---|
| Ante-partum haemorrhage | 1 |
| Pre-eclamptic toxaemia; hyperpiesis | 3 |
| Complications cf labour | 8 |
| Threatened miscarriage | 1 |
| Unsuitable home conditions | 4 |
| Transferred from Nursing Home | 14 |
| To tal | 31 |
Confinements. °f the 907 confinements, 474 / 52 per cent were first births.
| Operations performed. | Number of cases. |
|---|---|
| Surgical induction of labour | 16 |
| Version | 10 |
| Forceps delivery | 52 |
| Manual removal of placenta | 11 |
| Caesarean section | 6 |
| 95 |
Medical Aid requests from the Hospital Midwives for the services of
the Resident Obstetrician or her deputy, numbered 251, that is 27.7 per cer
for patients in labour and 10, that is 1.1 per cent for infants.
INFANTS.
The number born in the hospital this year was 925; this included 18
cases of twins, a percentage of 1.9 relative to the total number of
confinements. .
There were 65 premature infants (those weighing 5^ lbs. or less): this
represents 7 per cent of the total number of infants.
Breast Feeding.
85.63 per cent of mothers were discharged from the Hospital completely
breast feeding their infants; a further 11.45 per cent were partly breastfeeding,
while in 2.92 per cent of cases, bottle feeding had, for one
reason or another, to be substituted.
58.