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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
Tottenham 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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For Mothers:
| Hemorra-hage. | Labour trouble. | Perin-neal tear. | Temperatures:— | Miscarriages and Abortions. | Miscellaneous. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puerperal Fever & Pyrexia. | Other causes. | Ante natal. | Postnatal . | |||||
| 11 | 33 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 81 |
For Infants:
| Dead, Feeble or Stillborn. | Eye Cases. | Miscellaneous. | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inflammation of or Discharging Eyes. | Notified as Ophthalmia. | |||
| 17 | 18 | 13 | 8* | 56 |
*Tongued-tied, 1; foot, 1; jaundiced, 1; abscess on head, 1; malformation
of face, 1; hare lip and cleft palate, 2; swollen arm, 1.
LECTURES AND DEMONSTRATIONS TO MIDWIVES.
Lectures and Demonstrations to Midwives have been arranged during
the year under the joint auspices of the London and Middlesex County
Councils, and Tottenham midwives have availed themselves of the
privilege to attend.
MIDWIVES' FEES.
During the year your Committee paid, or contributed to the Fees of Midwives in 27 cases, namely:—
| Authorisation of attendance in necessitous cases | 18 |
| Compensation for loss of practice where the patient was taken to the Ante Natal Clinic, and was recommended and subsequently admitted to hospital for confinement | 6 |
| Compensation for loss of practice, where a midwife was in contact with an infectious disease and debarred from attending other patients, a substitute being employed | 3 |
| Total | 27 |