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
Tower Hamlets 1967
[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 | - | 2 |
| - The London Hospital | - | 5 |
| Total | - | 7 |
| Doctor booked | ||
| Council | - | 4 |
| Nursing Sisters of St. John the Divine | 37 | 103 |
| The London Hospital | 12 | 185 |
| Totals | 49 | 292 |
| No. of planned early discharges | 79 | |
| Institutional deliveries attended by midwife on discharge before tenth day | 111 | |
| Patients receiving - Gas and air | 105 | |
| - Gas and oxygen | 15 | |
| - Trilene | 103 | |
| - Pethidine alone | 9 | |
| - Pethidine with gas/air | 3 | |
| - Pethidine with gas/oxygen | 1 | |
| - Pethidine with trilene | 9 | |
| - No analgesia | 103 | |
| Total: | 348 | |
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