Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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The work of the municipal midwives was as follows:-
Midwife | Mileage | Deliveries | Midwifery | Maternity | Gas and Air | AnteNatat Visits | PostNata1 Visits | Book ings | Office Bookings | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Normal | Abnormal | Norma 1 | Abnormal | Midwives | Pup i Is | Midwives | Pupi 1 s | ||||||
3664 | 33 | 19 | 49 | 328 | 675 | 54 | 60; | ||||||
Cycle Master | 69 | 44 | 22 | 3 | 65 | 361 | 313 | 758 | 1041 | 57 | 61 | ||
1402 | 40 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 285 | 606 | 63 | 61 | ||||
Cycle Master | 54 | 40 | 2 | 12 | 51 | 259 | 840 | 78 | 80 | ||||
5 | 989 | 115 | 109 | 6 | 102 | 244 | 275 | 1037 | 1206 | 114 | 134 | ||
3734 | 78 | 59 | 19 | 73 | 519 | 408 | 1008 | 1040 | 119 | 126 | |||
Cycl e Master | 90 | 67 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 87 | 298 | 205 | 8 25 | 866 | 98 | 101 | |
2948 | 62 | 49 | 13 | 55 | 238 | 361 | 532 | 1014 | 74 | 112 | |||
Bicycle | 21 | 15 | - | 6 | 19 | 160 | 310 | 260 | 1009 | 34 | 31 | ||
Cycle Master | 51 | 32 | 18 | 1 | 50 | 268 | 713 | - | 46 | 48 | |||
380 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 135 | 238 | 36 | 16 | |||||
4399 | 75 | 73 | 1 | 1 | 65 | 137 | 906 | 91 | 89 | ||||
2787 | 65 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 84 | 403 | 362 | 743 | 988 | 144 | |||
1252 | 19 | 19 | - | 19 | 78 | 237 | 17 | 7 | |||||
5868 | 70 | 47 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 64 | 534 | 273 | 1182 | 878 | 114 | 126 | |
3237 | 93 | 80 | 3 | 10 | 86 | 626 | 204 | 1552 | 782 | 120 | 120 | ||
3975 | 83 | 58 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 76 | 455 | 411 | 762 | 1099 | 138 | 139 | |
3203 | 45 | 30 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 41 | 107 | 521 | - | - | 13 | ||
Bicycle | 44 | 28 | - | 16 | 41 | 263 | 664 | 40 | 42 | ||||
33 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 10 | 34 | 20 | |||||
1066 | 30 | 24 | 3 | 3 | - | 26 | 154 | 3 | 393 | 51 | 33 | 54 | |
1705 | 2 | 114 | |||||||||||
Bicycle | 4 | 3 | - | 1 | 4 | 19 | 81 | 8 | 12 | ||||
40642 | 1204 | 9 26 | 22 | 232 | 24 | 1113 | 5883 | 5125 | 14681 | 9974 | 1431 | 1596; 1 |
Cases dealt with by the Midwifery Service were supplied with
Maternity Outfits and a few sets were issued to cases under the
care of independent midwives, giving a total of 1,252 issued
during the year.