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West Ham 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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APPENDIX 7.
FOREST GATE HOSPITAL
STATISTICS (MATERNITY UNIT) 1948.
l. Total number of admissions (Including infants bom in the hospital) s 2,649®
2. Number of women confined in the hospital ® lp266®
3. Number of live births © l„26l0
4. Number of stillbirths a 30®
5. Number of deaths of babies under four weeks born in the hospital £ 19®
6. Number of deaths of women confined in the hospital 8 20
7. Average number of days residence of women confined in the hospital a 11*71 days®
8. Number of Premature Births S 1090
9. Number of Puerperal Pyrexia cases § 15®
10. Number of cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum § Nil®
11. There were 2k cases of twin birth and one of triplets®
12. Of the 1,266 confinements% 542 were Primigravidae; 724 Multigravidae.
13. Presentations No. of cases®
Vertex 1220
Breech 42
Pace 3
Shoulder 1
14. Abnormal Labours: No. of cases.
Forceps Deliveries 4l
Post-partum Haemorrhage 38
Ante-partum Haemorrhage 34
Manual Removal of Placenta 20
Caesarean Section 11
Prolapse of Cord 9
15. Ante-natal admissions.
314 patients were admitted to the Ante-natal feeds during the year for treatment or 22.62%
of the total number of maternity cases admitted.
16. Ante-natal and Post-natal Clinics.
There were 10,090 attendances made at the post-natal and ante-natal Clinics at Forest Gate
Hospital during the year.
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