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
Enfield 1972
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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PERSONAL HEALTH
(16) Domiciliary midwives' deliveries
| Home confinements | |
| Deliveries in Enfield by Enfield midwives | 552 |
| by Hertfordshire midwives | 1 |
| Deliveries in Hertfordshire by Enfield midwives Hospital confinements | — |
| Deliveries by Enfield domiciliary midwives | 15 |
(17) Patients discharged early from hospital for nursing care
| 0- 2 days | 3 - 7 days | 8 + days | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planned early discharges | 107 | 269 | — | 376 |
| Unplanned early discharges | 21 | 250 | 70 | 341 |
| Booked for home confinement, delivered in hospital | 91 | 49 | 3 | 143 |
| Total | 219 | 568 | 73 | 860 |
(18) Visits to homes by health visitors (excluding visits by tuberculosis visitors)
| First visits | Total visits | |
|---|---|---|
| Expectant mothers | 1,021 | 1,418 |
| Children: born in 1972 | 3,573 | 9,043 |
| born in 1971 | 3,462 | 7,363 |
| Other children under 5 years | 7,387 | 14,151 |
| Persons aged 65 years and over | 1,372 | 3,046 |
| Other persons | 1,816 | 3,292 |
| Infectious disease households | 34 | 51 |
| Other households | 606 | 1,160 |
| Total | 19,271 | 39,524 |
(19) Work undertaken by home nurses
| Number of visits and treatments | 165,085 |
| Number of patients | 10,106 |
| Number of patients under age of 5 years | 909 |
| Number of patients aged 65 years or over | 3,807 |