Annual report : 1932 / Society of the Lying-in Hospital of the City of New York.
- Society for the Lying-In Hospital
- Date:
- 1932
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Annual report : 1932 / Society of the Lying-in Hospital of the City of New York. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![The new Lying-In Hospital, opened September first, 1932, provides 134 maternity and 42 gynecological beds. Of these, 16 obstetrical and 10 gynecological beds are for private patients, all the remaining being for ward patients. Together with these 170 hospital beds, the clinic conducts an outdoor delivery service in the area east of Fifth Avenue, south of 86th and north of 31th Streets, as well as the Berwind Outdoor Delivery Service in the Harlem district. The Outdoor Service at 127 Chrystie Street, which for many years was conducted by the Lying-In Hospital, is now under the direction of the Bellevue School for Midwives which covers the district from its branch office at 256 Mott Street. During the first four months of operation of the new hospital, there were 732 indoor and 375 outdoor deliveries, a total of 1,273 obstetrical patients discharged, including deliveries, abortions, and ante and postpartum admissions, there were four women who died, a gross maternal mortality of 3.4 per thousand, and a gross infantile death rate of 3.565 per cent. In the gynecological division, during this four-month period, there were 154 patients discharged. The number of gynecological operations performed was 116. One patient died on the fourteenth post-operative day, giving a gross mortality of 0.619 per cent and a post-operative mortality of 0.862 per cent for this service. Through the splendid assistance of the Ladies’ Auxiliary Board a very complete department of Social Service has been developed, consisting of four workers and two secretaries. This department is now an intimate part of the Lying-In Hospital and the social workers come in close touch with all the patients in the out-patient clinics, in the hospital wards, and with a cer¬ tain number in their homes. For the excellent help from the Ladies’ Auxiliary Board, which has made this possible, I wish to express my appreciation. The Department of Pediatrics, in charge of Dr. 0. M. Schloss, has taken care of all our new-born babies. The results obtained, in full term as well as in premature babies, have been very ex¬ cellent, and I desire to acknowledge my sincere thanks to Dr. Schloss and his staff. To the Department of Nursing, under the direction of Miss Lila J. Napier during the first eight months, and in charge of [9]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b32156157_0013.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
