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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
Edmonton 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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This is a very valuable service to the mothers and children who are able to take advantage of it.
| 1936. | 1937. | 1938. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of mothers sent | 7 | 10 | 7 |
| Number of mothers who took babies with them Children. | 5 | 6 | 12 |
| Number sent away through I.C.A.A. | 9 | 7 | 17 |
| 1936. 1937. 1938. | |||
| 3 10 16 | |||
| Number of cases where Home Helps were sent | 1936. | 1937. | 1938. |
| 18 | 27 | 48 | |
INFECTIOUS ILLNESSES.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
Twelve cases were notified during the year and of this number nine
cases were in Ihe North Middlesex County Hospital, one of which was an
Edmonton case.
Puerperal Pyrexia.
Eighty-four cases were notified during the year and of this number 72
were notified from the North Middlesex County Hospital, 24 of which were
Edmonton cases.
Nine cases were sent to the Queen Charlotte's Hospital, all of whom
made a complete recovery.
The average length of stay for each mother in Queen Charlotte's was
two weeks five days.
MIDWIFERY AND MATERNITY SERVICES.
The Borough Council are the Local Supervising Authority under the
Midwives Acts for their area.
Midwives resident in Edmonton area were inspected quarterly and at
each visit is was found that everything was in order. The Nursing Homes
in the district were similarly found to be conducted in a satisfactory manner.
The number of claims made by doctors for medical aid during 1938
was 191.
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