Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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The following Tables give the number of St. Pancras women who were attended at
their own homes in their confinement by the staff of the various institutions undertaking
this -work in the Borough, and the number of St. Pancras women who were admitted for their
confinements as in-patients to these Institutions:—
Midwifery.
Cases. | |
---|---|
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital (doctors) | 161 |
University College Hospital (students) | 861 |
„ „ „ (midwives) | 152 |
Middlesex Hospital (midwives) | 56 |
Royal Free Hospital (students) | 29 |
St. Bartholomew's Hospital (students) | 4 |
Maternity Nursing Association (midwives) | 324 |
1587 | |
(or 39 per cent, of the total number of births). |
University College Hospital | 108 |
Royal Free Hospital | 85 |
Royal Free Hospital (Marlborough Maternity Section) | 157 |
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital | 23 |
St. Pancras House | 122 |
Middlesex Hospital | 160 |
Queen Charlotte's Lying-in Hospital | 173 |
City of London Maternity Hospital | 70 |
Queen Mary's Hospital, Hampstead | 56 |
Other hospitals | 37 |
991 | |
(or 24 per cent, of the total number of births). |
It will be seen from the above tables that there are a large number of institutions
available for midwifery for St. Pancras women, and that considerable use is made of them.
The majority of these institutions are situated in the south of the Borough, and in this area a
very large proportion of the cases accept this treatment as out-patients. In the north of
the Borough the out-patient hospital service is not so available, the result being that
the majority of the cases are attended by medical practitioners or midwives. The following
table illustrates this:—
Attended by | North (Wards 1—4). | South (Wards 5—8). | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Medical Practitioners | 481 | 1230 | 153 | 229 |
Midwives (Private) | 749 | 76 | ||
Institutions | 550 | 1037 |