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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
Tower Hamlets 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]
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| Doctor present | Doctor not present | |
|---|---|---|
| Doctor not booked | ||
| Midwife - Council | - | - |
| - Nursing Sisters of St. John the Divine | - | 4 |
| - The London Hospital | - | 3 |
| Total | - | 7 |
| Doctor booked | ||
| Council | 1 | 13 |
| Nursing Sisters of St. John the Divine | 4 | 149 |
| The London Hospital | 12 | 227 |
| Totals: | 17 | 396 |
| No. of planned early discharges | 106 | |
| Institutional deliveries attended by midwife on discharge before tenth day | 166 | |
| Patients receiving - Gas and air | 125 | |
| - Gas and oxygen | 26 | |
| - Trilene | 81 | |
| - Pethidine alone | 8 | |
| - Pethidine with gas/air | 3 | |
| - Pethidine with gas/oxygen | 1 | |
| - Pethidine with trilene | 16 | |
| - No analgesia | 153 | |
| Total: | 413 | |
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