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Walthamstow 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Table: HOSPITAL REPORT—1948

HOSPITAL REPORT—1948

Jan.Feb. Mar.Apr.May.June.July.Aug.Sep.Oct.Nov.Dec.TotalPercentage
Number of patients admitted—Relative to total number of admissions (1348)
(a) Antenatal1210168107,37,3181617,751518813.95per cent
(b) For confinement921011018796117,10497,999274831,13384.05,, ,,
(c) Miscarriage----_--11--7-40.29,, ,,
(d) Post-natal2112--323612231.71,, ,,
TOTALS106112118971061351311131181101021001,348
Number of infants admitted623233242330(Of these infants, 11 were Thorpe Coombe infants re-admitted)
Number of patients delivered1 Relative to total number of confinements (1183)
(a) By mid wives859794818610810192948578831,08491.63per cent ,
(b) By doctors981059168351187998.37„ „
TOTALS94105104869512410995999686901,183
Number of patients for whom medical assistance was required—Relative to total number of confinements (1183)
1151-452---2231.93percent
(b) In labour413627,7.837,417,93131367,77,137531.69,, ,,
(c) During puerperium--------------,, ,,
(d) For the infant21—112231123191.56,, ,,(Relative to number of infants born plus those admitted from District
TOTALS463827303347363632372926417