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
London County Council 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table (iii)—
| Age | Total confinements | Parity | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | I | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 and over | Not known | |||
| Under 20 .. | No. | 519 | 171 | 271 | 69 | 8 | - | - | - |
| % | 1.6 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 0.1 | — | — | — | ||
| 20-29 | No. | 7,180 | 495 | 3,149 | 2,214 | 962 | 251 | 107 | 2 |
| % | 4.7 | 29.7 | 20.9 | 9.1 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | ||
| 30-39 | No. | 2,754 | 29 | 567 | 910 | 704 | 293 | 250 | 1 |
| % | 0.3 | 5.4 | 8.6 | 6.7 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 0.0 | ||
| 40 and over.. | No. | 109 | - | 4 | 27 | 23 | 22 | 33 | - |
| % | — | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | - | ||
| Not known.. | No. | 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | - | - | 1 |
| % | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | — | 0.0 | ||
| Total | No.% | 10,574 | 696 | 3,992 | 3,224 | 1,702 | 566 | 390 | 4 |
| % | 66 | 37.7 | 30.5 | 16.1 | 5.4 | 3.7 | 0.0 | ||
Percentages are of the total confinements.
On grounds of parity, 1,652 (15.6 per cent.) of mothers delivered by domiciliary midwifery
services should have been delivered in hospital, but this was not possible either because
beds were not available at the time the mother came for her ante-natal care or because the
patient herself refused hospital booking.
The peri-natal mortality rate for the domiciliary midwifery service was 8.3 per thousand
total births and the stillbirth rate was 4.4 per thousand total births.
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Table (iv)—
| I960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | 517 | 525 | 474 | 438 | 385 |
| Per cent, of live births | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.7 |
Particulars of domiciliary live births follow. The difference between the total (513)
shown in this table and the number (385) quoted above represents the number of deliveries
attended by doctors and midwives independently of the Council's domiciliary midwifery
service and those which took place in nursing homes.