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
Southwark 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TOTAL NUMBER OF BIRTHS
London Borough of Southwark
Actual number of births in the Authority's area during the year as notified under
Section 203 of the Public Health Act, 1936 or Section 255 of the Public Health (London)
Act, 1936, adjusted by any notifications transferred in or out of the area.
| Hospital confinements | 3,625 | |
| Domiciliary confinements | 131 | 3,756 |
| Hospital confinements | 41 | |
| Domiciliary confinements | 1 | 42 |
| Deaths of infants in first week of life | 32 | |
| Deaths of infants one week to one month | 8 | |
| Deaths of infants one month to one year | 24 | |
| Perinatal mortality per 1,000 total live and stillbirths | 19 | |
| Neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births | 11 | |
| Infant mortality per 1,000 live births | 17 | |
| Administration of Analgesia (89) | 80.91% |
| Cases booked with G.P. Obstetrician (109) | 99.09% |
| No. of Midwives at end of year (whole time equivalent) | 8½ |
| Doctor not booked | 1 |
| Doctor present at delivery | 0 |
| Doctor not present at delivery | 1 |
| Doctor booked | 109 |
| Doctor present at delivery | 26 |
| Doctor not present at delivery | 83 |
| No. of hospital deliveries attended by midwives on discharge before 10th day | 622 |
| Percentage of domiciliary live births (6) born premature | 5.45% |