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Fulham 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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The following is a record of cases admitted to the Home during the year 1928:—
| Cases admitted | 164 |
| Average duration of stay (days) | 14 |
| Number of cases delivered by— | |
| (a) Midwives | 164 |
| (b) Doctors | nil |
| Number of cases notified as puerperal sepsis | 1 |
| Number of cases notified as puerperal pyrexia | 3 |
| Number of cases in which the temperature was above 100,4 for 24 hours | 4 |
| Number of cases notified as ophthalmia neonatorum | 1 |
| Number of cases of inflammation of eyes, however slight | 2 |
| Number of infants not entirely breastfed while in the institution | nil |
| Number of maternal deaths | nil |
| Number of foetal deaths (stillborn or within ten days of birth) | 3 |
Fulham Babies Hospital, 23 Broomhouse Road,
S.W.6.
This institution, which was opened in 1916 at 706,
Fulham Road and transferred to Broomhouse Road in
1919, has aeconnnodation for twenty-one children under
5 years of age. It is under the control of a Voluntary
Committee.
Fourteen beds are reserved for Fulham children and
the Fulham Borough Council give a grant of £700 per
annum, half of which is repaid by the Ministry of Health.
Dr. G. F. Hardy is in medical charge.
The types of cases admitted are chiefly those suffering
from dietetic errors, malnutrition, wasting, rickets
and anaemia. Acute cases such as those of pneumonia,
are also treated.