London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Pancras 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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In the tables below the notified births are also classified (in Registration Sub-Districts and Wards) according to the person notifying the birth, and according to the person in attendance upon the mother in her confinement.
| Births. | W. | S. | E. | N. | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Notified by—Fathers | 198 | 172 | 11 | 58 | 305 | 159 | 337 | 231 | 1471 |
| Mothers | 7 | — | — | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 31 |
| Others persons | 71 | 183 | 117 | 196 | 93 | 107 | 68 | 60 | 895 |
| Medical Students | 156 | 5 | 72 | 126 | 256 | 1 | 8 | 708 | |
| Midwives | 169 | 50 | 25 | 112 | 129 | 25 | 150 | 186 | 846 |
| Doctors | 45 | 13 | 81 | 82 | 43 | 25 | 46 | 375 | |
| from Workhouse | — | — | — | — | — | 90 | — | — | 90 |
| Homes of Hope | — | — | — | 31 | — | — | — | — | 31 |
| University College Hospital | — | — | 200 | — | — | — | — | — | 200 |
| Not stated | — | — | 5 | 6 | 5 | 27 | |||
| 569 | 609 | 371 | 554 | 747 | 689 | 594 | 541 | 4674 | |
| 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Attended in their own homes by— | |||||||||
| Private Doctors | 213 | 150 | 35 | 140 | 324 | 71 | 327 | 195 | 1455 |
| Private Midwives | 201 | 31 | 8 | 60 | 130 | 10 | 259 | 312 | 1011 |
| Doctors from New Hospital for Women | 18 | 10 | 1 | 21 | 35 | 32 | 4 | 14 | 135 |
| Medical Students from— | |||||||||
| University College Hospital | 132 | 294 | 4 | 2 | 227 | 467 | 14 | ||
| „ Middlesex Hospital | — | 67 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 163 | ||
| Royal Free Hospital | — | — | — | 56 | 1 | — | — | — | 57 |
| „ St. Bartholomew's Hospital | — | — | — | 10 | — | — | — | — | 10 |
| Midwives from— | |||||||||
| University College Hospital | 1 | 34 | 32 | 191 | — | 4 | — | — | 262 |
| „ Maternity Nursing Association, Myddleton Square | __ | _ | 37 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 38 | |
| ,, Maternity Nursing Association, Oakley Square Branch | 4 | 22 | 3 | — | 27 | 10 | 6 | 73 | |
| 569 | 608 | 173 | 520 | 745 | 597 | 594 | 541 | ||
| Attended in Institutions— | |||||||||
| University College Hospital | — | — | 198 | — | — | — | — | — | 198 |
| Homes of Hope, Regent's Square | — | — | — | 31 | — | — | — | — | |
| Lying-inWard of Workhouse | — | — | — | — | — | 90 | — | — | |
| Other Institutions | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | ||
| 569 | 554 | 594 | 541 | 4674 | |||||
Certain of the notified births set out in the above table as having taken place
in St. Pancras Institutions were of infants of mothers not resident in St.
Pancras. On the other hand a number of St. Pancras mothers were confined
in Institutions outside the Borough. In the following table is given the
number of births of infants (including still-births) of mothers resident in St.