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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Mitcham 1941

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]

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of the Central Midwives' Board. The Home is recognised as a
Part II. training school for midwives.
Home
The Home can accommodate 15 patients at a time, but
bookings are limited to 26 patients per month.

Table: The following table shows the number of births which has occurred in each year since the opening of the Home:—

The following table shows the number of births which has occurred in each year since the opening of the Home:—

Number of births
1924 (August to December)42
1925129
1926240
1927 (10 months)177
1928265
1929298
1930318
1931259
1932239
1933285
1934285
1935299
1936314
1937309
1938297
1939254
1940239
1941215

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Number of maternity beds in the institution (exclusive of
isolation and labour beds), 15.
Number of maternity cases admitted during the year, 214.
Average duration of stay, 14 days.
Number of cases delivered by (a) midwives, 199—1 twin
labour; (b) doctors, 16.
Number of cases in which medical assistance was sought by
a midwife in emergency, 23.