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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
Greenwich 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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enter hospital is given to all primiparas and to those mothers
having any baby after the fourth, the number of home deliveries
decreased during the current year to a total of 874.
Domiciliary Confinements Attended and Hospital Deliveries Nursed at Home
| Doctor Present | Doctor Not Present | |
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Not Booked | 9 | |
| Doctor Booked | 92 | 773 |
| Totals | 92 | 782 |
| No. of Hospital Deliveries attended by Mid wives on discharge before 10th Day. | 323 | |
NOTE: Because of complications, 134 cases booked for home confinements, were
admitted to hospital in the ante-natal period or during labour.
Deliveries for the year averaged 67 for each midwife, but as
134 cases booked for home confinement were admitted to hospital
either in the ante-natal period or during labour because of complications,
the figure of 67 does not give a true picture of work accomplished
and visits made. Many mothers admitted during labour are
discharged home early to the care of the midwife and during 1966
some 323 mothers were so discharged.
For the early discharge scheme and for nursing mothers who
are discharged, one part-time midwife does all home assessments
until the 10th day.
Domiciliary Confinements by Age and Parity during 1966
| Age | Total confinements | Parity | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 and over | Not known | |||
| Under 20 | No. | 34 | 13 | 18 | 3 | ||||
| % | |||||||||
| 20-29 | No. | 588 | 18 | 253 | 191 | 103 | 14 | 9 | |
| % | |||||||||
| 30-39 | No. | 229 | 1 | 59 | 90 | 38 | 28 | 11 | 2 |
| % | |||||||||
| 40 and over | No. | 14 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| % | — | — | |||||||
| Not known | No. | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||
| % | — | — | — | ||||||
| Total | No. | 874 | 32 | 334 | 294 | 147 | 43 | 22 | 2 |
| %. | |||||||||