Clinical report of Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital : 1949.

  • General Lying-In Hospital
Date:
1949
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Credit: Clinical report of Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital : 1949. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    STATISTICAL SUMMARY In-Patients Out- Patients Totals Booked Emergency Patients delivered ... 2,564 77 873 3,514 Primigravidae ... • • • 1,516 36 145 1,697 Multigravidae ... ... 1,048 41 728 1,817 Maternal Deaths 5 0 0 6 Mortality (per thousand) ... ... 1.9 0 0 1.4 Children born* ... 2,576 81 873 3,530 Stillbirths 73 6 8 87 Stillbirth rate (per thousand total births) 28.3 74.1 9.1 24.6 Infant deaths ... 51 1 4 56 Neonatal death rate (per thousand live births) 24.4 13.3 4.6 16.3 * Numbers obtained by adding the number of twins and subtracting the number of abortions from the respective number of deliveries. RADIOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT During 1949, the Radiological Department carried out 1,535 examinations, under the following headings :— Miscellaneous obstetric ... Complete pelvimetry Chest ... ... ... Urinary tract Miscellaneous 1,535 361 381 27 160 As in previous years, a meticulous follow-up of all the pelvimetry cases has been conducted, with a consequent correlation of radiological findings and the method of delivery, etc.
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