[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow] page 82

Walthamstow 1945

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Manual removal of placenta	12
Exploration of the uterus	2
Total	105

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Medical Aid requests from the Hospital Midwives for the services
of the Resident Obstetrician or her deputy, numbered 261 (that is
26.4 per cent.) for patients in labour and 10 (that is 0.98 per cent.)
for infants.
INFANTS.
The number bom in the Hospital this year was 1,017; this
included 20 cases of twins and one case of triplets.
There were 82 premature infants (those weighing 5J lbs. or less):
this represents 8 per cent, of the total number of infants.

Table: Breast Feeding.—88.1 per cent, of mothers discharged from the Hospital were completely breast feeding their infants; a further 9.42 per cent, were partly breast feeding, while in 2.48 per cent, of cases, bottle feeding had, for one reason or another, to be substituted.

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Breast Feeding.—88.1 per cent, of mothers discharged from the Hospital were completely breast feeding their infants; a further 9.42 per cent, were partly breast feeding, while in 2.48 per cent, of cases, bottle feeding had, for one reason or another, to be substituted.

	1945	1944	1943	1942	1941	1940	1939	1938	1937	1936
(a) Infants completely breast fed	88.1	85.63	82.5	83.9	87.6	77.4	75.9	86.0	85.0	85.7
(b) Infants partly breast fed	9.42	11.45	12.2	12.0	9.9	18.7	18.7	-	-	-
(c) Infants not breast fed	2.48	2.92	5.3	4.1	2.5	3.9	5.4	—	—	—
	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	—	—	—

Table: FOETAL AND INFANT MORTALITY.

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FOETAL AND INFANT MORTALITY.

(a) Stillbirths.	Number of cases.
(i) Premature (weight 5J lbs. or less)..	15
(ii) Full term	23
Total	38

Table: The stillbirth rate was 37.3 per 1,000 live and stillbirths.

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The stillbirth rate was 37.3 per 1,000 live and stillbirths.

(b) Infant Deaths.	Number of Cases.
(i) Premature	9
(ii) Full term	4
Total	13

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Table: Breast Feeding.—88.1 per cent, of mothers discharged from the Hospital were completely breast feeding their infants; a further 9.42 per cent, were partly breast feeding, while in 2.48 per cent, of cases, bottle feeding had, for one reason or another, to be substituted.

Table: FOETAL AND INFANT MORTALITY.

Table: The stillbirth rate was 37.3 per 1,000 live and stillbirths.