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
St Pancras 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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In the tables below the notified births are also classified (in Registration Sub-Districts and Wards) according to the person notifying the birth, and according to the person in attendance upon the mother in her confinement.
| Births. | W. | S. | E. | N. | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Notified by—Fathers | 104 | 79 | 11 | 45 | 215 | 39 | 305 | 169 | 967 |
| Mothers | 9 | 7 | 1 | — | 14 | 3 | 21 | 29 | 84 |
| Others persons | 61 | 86 | 86 | 143 | 66 | 35 | 79 | 65 | 621 |
| Medical Students | 109 | 259 | 15 | 70 | 211 | 365 | 13 | 33 | 1075 |
| Midwives | 178 | 57 | 46 | 104 | 136 | 26 | 147 | 196 | 890 |
| Doctors | 15 | 31 | 15 | 53 | 39 | 23 | 34 | 13 | 223 |
| from Workhouse | - | — | — | — | - | 67 | - | - | 67 |
| Homes of Hope | - | — | — | 39 | — | — | — | — | 39 |
| University College Hospital | - | - | 155 | - | - | - | - | - | 155 |
| Not stated | - | - | — | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 476 | 519 | 329 | 456 | 683 | 558 | 601 | 509 | 4131 | |
| 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | Total | |
| Attended in their own homes by— | |||||||||
| Private Doctors | 146 | 123 | 33 | 109 | 296 | 47 | 348 | 159 | 1261 |
| Private Midwives | 202 | 15 | 14 | 51 | 125 | 7 | 237 | 305 | 956 |
| Doctors from New Hospital for Women | 15 | 15 | 3 | 19 | 43 | 19 | 9 | 23 | 146 |
| Medical Students from— | |||||||||
| University College Hospital | 105 | 270 | 6 | 12 | 193 | 370 | 2 | 21 | 979 |
| „ Middlesex Hospital | — | 52 | 69 | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | 127 |
| Royal Free Hospital | — | — | 10 | 46 | — | 1 | — | — | 57 |
| „ St. Bartholomew's Hospital | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | 7 |
| Midwives from— | |||||||||
| University College Hospital | — | 24 | 36 | 125 | — | 1 | — | — | 186 |
| ,, Maternity Nursing Association, Myddleton Square ... | _ | - | - | 43 | - | - | - | - | 43 |
| „ Maternity Nursing Association, Oakley Square Branch | 8 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 80 |
| 476 | 519 | 174 | 416 | 683 | 464 | 601 | 509 | 3842 | |
| Attended in Institutions— | |||||||||
| University College Hospital | — | — | 155 | — | — | — | — | — | 155 |
| Homes of Hope, Regent's Square | — | — | — | 39 | — | — | — | — | 39 |
| Lying-in Ward of Workhouse | - | - | — | - | — | 67 | — | — | 67 |
| Other Institutions | — | — | — | 1 | — | 27 | — | — | 28 |
| 476 | 519 | 329 | 456 | 683 | 558 | 601 | 509 | 4131 | |
Certain of the notified births set out in the above table as having taken place
in St. Pancras institutions were of infants of mothers not resident in St.