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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
Deptford 1921
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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Births Notified, Year 1921.
| Ward. | Births Notified. | Alive. | Dead. | By whom Notified. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total. | Male. | Female. | Parent. | Doctor. | Midwife | Other Person.. | |||
| East | 569 | 291 | 278 | 562 | 7 | 54 | 89 | 415 | 11 |
| North | 584 | 283 | 301 | 573 | 11 | 110 | 180 | 286 | 8 |
| North-west | 539 | 283 | 256 | 532 | 7 | 154 | 119 | 250 | 16 |
| South | 304 | 157 | 147 | 296 | 8 | 126 | 60 | 93 | 25 |
| South-east | 277 | 142 | 135 | 270 | 7 | 99 | 72 | 92 | 14 |
| South-west | 321 | 180 | 141 | 315 | 6 | 145 | 53 | 114 | 9 |
| 2594 | 1336 | 1258 | 2548 | 46 | 688 | 573 | 1250 | 83 | |
Milk supplied to Necessitous Mothers and Children.
During the year 3,576 applications were received and were dealt with as follows:—
| Granted free | 3125 |
| ,, at half-price | 236 |
| „ at three-quarter price | 19 |
| Refused | 102 |
| Referred to Guardians | 94 |
| 3,576 |
Maternity Home.
Particulars of cases admitted during the year 1921:—
Cases admitted, 35.
Average stay, Two weeks.
Cases delivered by midwives, 34.
,, ,, ,, doctors, 1.
Cases in which medical advice sought, 1.
(a) Ante-natal, Nil.
(b) During labour, 1 (Uterine Inertia).
(c) After labour, Nil.
(d) For infant, Nil.
Cases notified as puerperal sep??? Nil.
Temperature rose above 100??? for 24 hours with rise in pulse,
1—Influenza.
Notified as Ophthalmia Neonatorum, 1. (Recovered, no permanent
impairment of vision.)
Inflammation (eyes), One.
Not entirely breast-fed, One.
Maternal deaths, Nil.
Fœtal deaths, 1 stillborn.