Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1926.

  • Battersea (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1927]
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Credit: Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1926. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    34 Maternal Deaths in Child-birth (Puerperal Sepsis and other Causes). 1921. 1922. 1923. 1924. 1925. 1926. Deaths from Puerperal Sepsis 4 3 - 4 3 3 Deaths from other causes connected with child-birth 10 6 10 5 3 7 Total Maternal Deaths con nected with child-birth 14 9 10 9 6 10 Rate per 1,000 births— Puerperal Sepsis 1.07 0.82 - 1 .27 0.94 1.01 Other Maternal deaths 2.67 1.64 2.91 1 .59 0.94 2.36 Rate per 1,000 all Maternal deaths 3.74 2.46 2.91 2.86 1.88 3.37 Rate per 1,000 population— Puerperal Sepsis .024 .018 - .023 .017 .017 Other Maternal deaths .059 .035 .059 .029 .017 .041 Rate per 1,000 population all Maternal deaths .083 .053 .059 .052 .034 .058 The figures for 1926, while not so satisfactory as those for the previous year, are on the whole encouraging, and it is hoped that when the effects of the measures now being taken for the provision of ante-natal facilities throughout the Borough (vide pp. 36-37 of the Annual Report for 1925) are completed and co-ordinated that still better results will follow. Borough Maternity Hospital. The Borough Maternity Hospital was opened for the reception of maternity patients in February, 1921. The Hospital is situated at 19 and 20 Bolingbroke Grove, directly overlooking Wandsworth Common. Accommodation is provided for 30 patients at one time. In addition to being a lying-in hospital it is a recognised Training Institution for pupil midwives and a District Midwifery Service is also run in connection with the Hospital. The Central Ante-Natal and Special Treatment Clinics are held at the Out-patient Department of the Hospital. The Nursing Staff of the Hospital consists of a Matron (Miss C. Dickson), one Sister and four Staff Nurses. There is accommo dation in the Hospital for 12 pupil-midwives undergoing training.