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 Enfield]
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PERSONAL HEALTH
(16) Domiciliary midwives' deliveries
Home confinements | |
Deliveries in Enfield by Enfield midwives | 552 |
by Hertfordshire midwives | 1 |
Deliveries in Hertfordshire by Enfield midwives Hospital confinements | — |
Deliveries by Enfield domiciliary midwives | 15 |
(17) Patients discharged early from hospital for nursing care
0- 2 days | 3 - 7 days | 8 + days | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Planned early discharges | 107 | 269 | — | 376 |
Unplanned early discharges | 21 | 250 | 70 | 341 |
Booked for home confinement, delivered in hospital | 91 | 49 | 3 | 143 |
Total | 219 | 568 | 73 | 860 |
(18) Visits to homes by health visitors (excluding visits by tuberculosis visitors)
First visits | Total visits | |
---|---|---|
Expectant mothers | 1,021 | 1,418 |
Children: born in 1972 | 3,573 | 9,043 |
born in 1971 | 3,462 | 7,363 |
Other children under 5 years | 7,387 | 14,151 |
Persons aged 65 years and over | 1,372 | 3,046 |
Other persons | 1,816 | 3,292 |
Infectious disease households | 34 | 51 |
Other households | 606 | 1,160 |
Total | 19,271 | 39,524 |
(19) Work undertaken by home nurses
Number of visits and treatments | 165,085 |
Number of patients | 10,106 |
Number of patients under age of 5 years | 909 |
Number of patients aged 65 years or over | 3,807 |