London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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| Doctor Present | Doctor not Present | |
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Not Booked | — | — |
| Doctor Booked | 31 | 331 |
| Totals | 31 | 331 |
| No. of Hospital Deliveries attended by Midwives on discharge before 10th Day | 394 | |
| Age | Total confinements | Parity | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 and over | Not known | |||
| Under 20 | No. | 13 | 1 | 9 | 3 | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| % | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 20-29 | No. | 262 | 8 | 125 | 88 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| % | |||||||||
| 30-39 | No. | 79 | _ | 9 | 30 | 28 | 6 | 6 | _ |
| % | — | 7.7 | — | ||||||
| 40 and over | No. | 2 | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | |
| % | — | — | — | - | — | ||||
| Not known | No. | 6 | _ | 2 | 3 | _ | 1 | _ | — |
| % | — | — | - | — | |||||
| Total | No. | 362 | 9 | 145 | 124 | 61 | 14 | 8 | 1 |
| % | |||||||||
Emergency Obstetric Units
These units, manned by hospital staff, are based at the British
Hospital for Mothers and Babies, St. Alfege's, Lewisham, and
Dartford Hospitals. They were called upon 12 times during 1971
to aid medical practitioners or midwives who were in need of
additional assistance at domiciliary confinements.
Premature Baby Units
A few years ago mortality in premature babies was as high as
25% and many survived only to be handicapped in some way
or other. Today, average mortality is down to approximately
10% and some 90% of the remainder are mentally and physically
normal.