Annual report : 1931 / Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital.

  • Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital.
Date:
1931
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Credit: Annual report : 1931 / Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT For the Year ending 31st December, 1931. The Committee of Management have pleasure in presenting their Report on the work of the Hospital during the past year. The Committee are glad to announce that H.R.H. The Princess Royal (Vice-Patron of the Hospital) has been graciously pleased, with the consent of His Majesty The King, to approve of one of the wards in the Isolation Block being named the “ Princess Mary Ward,” and one of the Nurseries the “ Princess Mary Nursery.” The work of the Hospital continues to increase, and the number of patients attended in all departments exceeds that in preceding years. PATIENTS. There has been great pressure on the accommodation during the past year, and it was necessary to arrange for the admission of a number of patients to London County Council Hospitals when all of our beds were occupied. The total number of In-Patients during the year was .2,757 (2,170 at the Main Hospital, 358 at the Auxiliary Hospital, and 229 at the Isolation Block), as compared with 2,444 in 1930. Of the 2,528 women admitted to the Main and Auxiliary Hospitals, 2,219 were married women, 3 were widows, and 306 were single women with their first child. The patients are classified under “ booked ” and “ emergency ” cases. All “ booked ” patients attend the Hospital Ante-Natal Department, and receive care and treatment for some months before their confinement, whereas “ emergency ” cases are sent in at the last moment, generally critically ill, and frequently moribund. The mortality in the latter cases is consequently much higher than in booked ” cases. Last year 240 emergency cases were admitted and 6 died, giving a mortality rate of 25 per 1,000. There were 2,273 booked patients, of whom 6 died, the mortality rate being only 2.6 per 1,000. The great importance of ante-natal care is thus clearly demonstrated, and it is equally important in the case of the infants born, for whereas the infant mortality amongst emergency cases was 64.7 per 1,000, it was only 2.16 per 1,000 in booked cases.