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 Bethnal Green Borough]
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Cases Referred to Burdett Road Clinic :—
No abnormal condition discovered
8
Incidence of Pregnancy in 1935
9.2%
Failure of technique
10
By own wish and at own risk
4
Total
14
BOROUGH MIDWIFERY SERVICE.
The Borough Midwife had 24 bookings carried
forward from 1934. The following figures show the
work of the Boroueh Midwife during the vear :—
Bookings carried forward
24
,, received in 1935
109
133
Cases delivered by—
Borough Midwife
73
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Deputy
24
97
(of these 3 were primiparae, and 94 multiparae).
Cases sent to hospital during pregnancy
2
Cases removed in labour to hospital
by Borough Midwife
10
Cases entering hospital on own account
2
Removed from Borough
1
Cases on books at end of year
21
133
The Borough Midwife and her deputy paid 975
visits in connection with her practice. She also
conducts a regular weekly session for ante-natal care
of her patients.
It is gratifying to record that 48 of the mothers
delivered by the Borough Midwife during the year
had been previously attended by her, 30 on one