London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Croydon 1972

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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MIDWIFERY SERVICE
Municipal midwives attended:—
1. Bookings for home confinement 826
2. Bookings for planned early discharges from hospital 627
3. Patients delivered at home 679
4. Primipara delivered at home 10
Multipara delivered at home 669
5. Live births delivered at home 678
6. Stillbirths delivered at home 1
congenital abnormalities:— Nasal passages
7. Neonatal death at home 1
congenital abnormality:- Imperforate anus
8. Premature Infants born at home 17
1.51b 37 weeks admitted 9.5.8 36 weeks
2. 5.8 Term 10. 3.12 34 weeks admitted
3.5.4 Term 11.5.8 Term
4. 5.8 39 weeks 12. 5.4 38 weeks
5. 5lb ?36 weeks 13. 5.4 38 weeks
6. 5.8 ?36 weeks 14. 5.2 37 weeks
7.5.8 34 weeks admitted 15.5.4 Term
8. 4.14 38 weeks admitted 16. 5.8 Term
17. 5lb Term
9. Inhalational Analgesia given "Entonox" 509
"Trilene" 34
10. Patients given Pethidine or Pethilorfan 347
11. Post Partum Haemorrhage including 2 secondary P.P.H. 7
Treated at home 3
Admitted to Hospital 4
12. Retained Placentae 14
Treated at home 3
Admitted to Hospital 11
13. Flying Squad calls 15
14. Manual removal of placentae at home 2
15. Blood transfusions at home 1
16. Prolonged labours over 24 hours delivered at home, -
17. Forceps del iveries at home -
18. Ventouse extraction at home 1
19. General Anaesthetics given at home 5
20. Breech deliveries 4
21. Sets of twins delivered at home -