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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 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Midwifery.
The infants born in St. Pancras during 1923 are classified below (in wards and registration sub-districts) according to the manner in which the mothers were attended in their confinements:—
| Births. | W. | S. | E. | N. | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| A. Attended in their own homes by— | |||||||||||
| Private Doctors | 96 | 79 | 16 | 67 | 146 | 30 | 249 | 95 | 778 | ||
| Private Midwives | 160 | 31 | 13 | 38 | 120 | 25 | 230 | 205 | 822 | ||
| Doctors from the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital | 30 | 12 | 1 | 18 | 34 | 15 | 16 | 36 | 162 | ||
| Medical Students from— | |||||||||||
| University College Hospital | 98 | 268 | — | 1 | 161 | 335 | 5 | 39 | 907 | ||
| Royal Free Hospital | — | — | — | 28 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 32 | ||
| St. Bartholomew's Hospital | — | — | — | 7 | — | - | — | — | 7 | ||
| Midwives from— | |||||||||||
| Middlesex Hospital | — | 22 | 44 | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | 70 | ||
| University College Hospital | — | 2 | 22 | 116 | — | 1 | — | — | 141 | ||
| Maternity Nursing Associa | |||||||||||
| tion, Myddleton Square | — | — | 58 | — | 1 | — | — | 59 | |||
| Maternity Nursing Association, Oakley Square Branch | 36 | 63 | 8 | 3 | 68 | 28 | 9 | 16 | 231 | ||
| B. Attended in Institutions- | |||||||||||
| University College Hospital | — | — | 204 | — | — | — | — | — | 204 | ||
| Royal Free Hospital | — | — | — | 287 | — | — | — | — | 287 | ||
| Royal Free Hospital (Marlborough Maternity Section) | _ | 613 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 613 | ||||
| Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital | _ | _ | _ | _ | 39 | _ | _ | 39 | |||
| Lying-in Ward of St. Pancras House | 216 | 1 | — | 217 | |||||||
| Totals | 420 | 477 | 921 | 623 | 532 1 695 | 510 | 391 | 4569 | |||
Some of the births in the preceding Table recorded, as having taken place in St.
Pancras institutions were of infants the mothers of whom were not St. Pancras residents.
On the other hand, a number of St. Pancras mothers gave birth to children in institutions
situated outside the Borough.
In the following Tables the figures are given for 1923 relating to all St. Pancras women who were attended in their confinements, either at home or as in-patients, by the staff of various institutions situated either within or outside the Borough.
Midwifery. Attended at Home.
| Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital (doctors) | 162 |
| University College Hospital (medical students) | 907 |
| 141 | |
| Middlesex Hospital (midwives) | 70 |
| Royal Free Hospital (medical students) | 32 |
| St. Bartholomew's Hospital (medical students) | 7 |
| Maternity Nursing Association, Oakley Square and Myddleton Square (midwives) | 290 |
| 1609 |
(or 37 per cent, of the total number of births).