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 Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 4
Domiciliary Midwifery Service
Administration of Analgesia | 71.04% | |
Cases booked with G.P. Obstetrician | 80.40% | |
Number of Midwives at end of year Full time | 9 | |
General Lying-in District | — | |
Doctor not booked Doctor present at delivery | — | |
Doctor not present at delivery | 4 | |
Doctor booked Doctor present at delivery | 45 | |
Doctor not present at delivery | 154 | |
Number of hospital deliveries attended by Midwives on discharge before 10th day | 624 | |
Percentage of domiciliary live births born premature | 2.11% |
TABLE 5
PREMATURITY AND MORTALITY BY BIRTH WEIGHT
Weight | Live Prem. Births | Proportion per 100 live prem. births | Deaths in 24 hours | Survivors at 28 days | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | Per 100 live prem. births | No. | Per 100 live prem. births | |||
2 lb. 3 oz. or less | 1 | 10.00 | 1 | 10.00 | ||
2 lb. 4 oz.—3 lb. 4 oz. | ||||||
3 lb. 5 oz.—4 lb. 6 oz. | ||||||
4 lb. 7 oz.—51b. 8 oz. | 9 | 90.00 | 9 | 90.00 | ||
All cases | 10 | 100.00 | 1 | 10.0 0 | 9 | 90.00 |