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I. THORPE COOMBE MATERNITY HOSPITAL.
Bookings.—In February, in view of the pressure on the accommodation
at Thorpe Coombe your Committee recommended a schemc
of selective bookings on the following basis per month:—
First confinements, 50; unsatisfactory conditions, 25; for
medical/obstetric reasons, 15; plus late emergencies. With a
maximum total of 105 per month.
After receipt of Ministry of Health Circular 96/46 your Committee
recommended that patients be discharged on the 10th day
unless medical and home conditions contra-indicated—home nursing
to be provided by the Domiciliary Midwifery Sisters.

Research.—Dr. Helen Rodway contributed a paper on "The
Effects of Exercises on Child Bearing" to the Journal of Obstetricians
and Gynaecologists of the British Empire.
General.— (a) Form M.C.W. 96A (Ministry of Health).
1. Name and address of Institution—Thorpe Coombe Maternity
Hospital, 714, Forest Road, Walthamstow, E.17.
2. Number of maternity beds in the Institution (exclusive of
labour and isolation beds)—50.
2a. Number of beds, if any, included under item 2 which have
been reserved for expectant mothers in need of hospital
treatment.—Variable according to requirements. No
special reservation.
3. Number of maternity cases admitted during the year—1,443
plus three miscarriages (including ante-natal and post-natal
admissions).
3a. Number of women treated during the year in the ante-natal
beds shown against item 2 a. (These women should be
included also against item 3)—203.
3b. Average duration of stay of expectant mothers in the antenatal
beds shown against item 2a—4.54.
4. Average duration of stay of cases in lying-in wards—12.4.
5. Number of cases delivered by—
(a) Midwives—1,084; (b) Doctors—163; Total—1,247.
6. Number of cases in which medical assistance was sought by a
midwife in emergency—299.
7. Number of cases admitted after delivery—18.
8. Number of cases notified as—
(a) Puerperal Fever—Nil; (b) Puerperal Pyrexia, 19.