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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
Bromley 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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| Notices calling in Medical Aid | 61 |
| Mothers | 51 |
| Infants | 10 |
| Notices of Artificial Feeding | — |
| ,, ,, Stillbirths | 2 |
| „ ,, Deaths | 1 |
| ,, ,, Laying out a Dead Body | — |
| ,, ,, Source of Infection | 7 |
| Ruptured perineum | 19 |
| Delayed labour | 6 |
| Breast condition | 3 |
| Varicose veins and leg swellings | 1 |
| Placenta, partially adherent | 1 |
| Abnormal presentation | 1 |
| Haemorrhage | 5 |
| Ante-natal examination | 1 |
| Rise of temperature (puerperal pyrexia) | 7 |
| Prolapse, Cord | 2 |
| Stillbirth | 2 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Infants—Feeble, prematurity, etc. | 6 |
| Malformations | 2 |
| Cyanosis | 0 |
| Total | 61 |
Payment of Doctors called by Midwives, Section 14,
Midwives Acts, 1918.
No. of applications for fees 52
No. of cases where payment of fee lapsed on
account of failure to claim within the
prescribed period of two months 7
No. of cases where patient paid the doctor's fee
direct 2
Total amount of claims paid £51 10s. 6d.
No. of necessitous cases in which repayment of
claim was waived, or partial repayment of
claim accepted by the Committee 10