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

Islington 1973

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]

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Table: DOMICILIARY MIDWIFERY

DOMICILIARY MIDWIFERY

Home confinements attended5895
Other bookings -1640
Moved out of area56
Cancelled415
Transferred to hospital service719
Reasons for transfer to hospital service -
Complications of pregnancy114
Complications at term43
Premature labour22
Maternal deathsNilNil
Stillbirths1Nil
Calls for Emergency Obstetric UnitNil3
Planned early discharges from hospital -
Assessment of home conditions367351
Found unsuitable116119
Patients nursed at home following early
discharge -394448
Patients originally booked for home confine
ment but delivered in hospital and nursed at
home following early discharge (included
above)58
Guthrie tests carried out by Domiciliary
Midwives -
First Tests529668
Repeat T ests104311

Table: GENERAL PRACTITIONER OBSTETRICIAN UNITS

GENERAL PRACTITIONER OBSTETRICIAN UNITS

City of London Maternity Hospital19731972
(opened Nov. 1972)
Booked for delivery6210
Delivered in Unit412
Delivered at home85
Transferred to hospital service42
Whittington Hospital (opened May 1973)
Booked for delivery14
Delivered in Unit7
Delivered at home3

Table: HOME NURSING

HOME NURSING

P.Tients being nursed at 1.1.731,043899
Patients being nursed at 31.12.731,0771,043
Total patients nursed3,1882,771
Total visits124,361113,906
Visits to persons over 65107,38896,588
Percnetages of visits to persons over 6586.3584.80
Nursing treatments completed2,0281,728
Nursing treatments commenced2,0621,872