Report of the Edinburgh Royal Maternity Hospital, from 1844 to 1846 / by J.Y. Simpson.

  • Simpson, James Young, 1811-1870.
Date:
1848
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Credit: Report of the Edinburgh Royal Maternity Hospital, from 1844 to 1846 / by J.Y. Simpson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [From the Report of the Proceedings of the Edinburgh Obstetric Society.1 REPORT OF THE MATERNITY HOSPITAL. [The Edinburgh Maternity Hospital was opened in St John's Street in May 1844, and continued in this locality till May 1846, when the'Charity was re- moved to its present premises in Milton House, Canongate. The following Re- port comprehends an analysis of the obstetric practice of the Institution during the two years in which it was located in St John Street. The Report was drawn up and communicated to the Medico-Chirurgical Society twelve or eighteen months ago ; and its publication was for a time postponed, under the hope that I might find leisure to render it still more minute and extensive. As, however, 1 have little prospect of fulfilling that wish, I now publish it, with the permis- sion of the Obstetric Society, in the printed account of their transactions. And, I trust, that the continuation of the Reports of the Institution will, be- times, be drawn up and communicated to the Society by some of the younger and more active medical officers attached to the hospital. At the time the hospital was opened, the directors appointed to it the fol- lowing medical staff :—Drs Campbell and Beilby, consulting physicians; Dr Pagan, consulting surgeon ; Drs Moir and Simpson, ordinary physicians ; Dr Ziegler, ordinary surgeon ; and Drs Bell, Thomson, Niven, and Carmichael, assistant medical officers. One or two advanced pupils were appointed to live in the house as resident house-surgeons.] ANALYSIS OF THE CASES. I. The Number of Cases.—Of women delivered in hospital, there were 374. Of women delivered at tbeir own homes in various parts of the town, there were 1101 ; making a total of 1475 women delivered under the superintendence of the Institution. Among these are included 68 cases of miscarriage or pre- mature labour. II. The Ages of the Women.—In 1457 of the cases, the ages of the women were noted. In 18 cases the ascertaining of this point was omitted. The fol- lowing table exhibits, in detail, the number of patients delivered, with their re- spective ages:—